Planning and implementation of a cardiovascular prevention strategy in a lower middle class community in Pakistan - A preliminary report

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 440-443

  Aziz, K ^a   Manolio, T ^a   Davis, C E ^a   Dennis, B H ^a   Faruqui, A M A ^a   Burke, G L ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Hypercholesterolemia; Obesity; Risk assessment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0034537931     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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