Risk factors: Definitions and practical implications;Factores de risco: Conceitos e implicações práticas

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-131

  Vaz, Domingos ^a   Santos, Laura ^a   Vaz Carneiro, António ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Diabetes mellitus; Evidence based cardiology; Hypercholesterolemia; Overweight and obesity; Physical inactivity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 14844327769     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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