Primordial prevention of cardiovascular disease risk in the Netherlands

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages

  Kromhout, Daan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet; Health policy; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension; Obesity; Physical inactivity; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033403315     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0457     Document Type: Article

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