Burden of Disease from Hypercholesterolemia in Portugal;Carga da Doença Atribuível à Hipercolesterolé mia em Portugal

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-270

  Gouveia, Miguel ^a   Borges, Margarida ^a   Costa, João ^a   Carneiro, António Vaz ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Cardiovascular disease; Cerebrovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; DALYs; Disability adjusted life years; Economic studies; Evidence based cardiology

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFANT; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 1942474638     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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