Live long and prosper: A mass strategy for treating the factors associated with ischaemic heart disease and stroke

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-2

  Aronson, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; FOLIC ACID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG COST; EDITORIAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1642337891     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914104772950664     Document Type: Editorial

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