The middle-aged and older American: Wrong prototype for a preventive polypill?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 467-468

  Mulrow, Cynthia ^a   Kussmaul, William ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; STROKE; UNITED STATES; AGE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATION; LIFESTYLE; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; CORONARY DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14844341897     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-142-6-200503150-00012     Document Type: Review

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