Missing, mediocre, or merely obsolete? An evaluation of UK data sources for coronary heart disease

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 530-535

  Unal, B ^a,b   Critchley, J A ^a   Capewell, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTOR;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; POPULATION RISK; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; EXERCISE; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038643473     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.7.530     Document Type: Review

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