Economic issues in coronary heart disease prevention in India

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 655-657

  Gupta, Rajeev ^a   Prakash, H ^a   Gupta, R R ^b  

^a Monilek Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; DILTIAZEM; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; METFORMIN; METOPROLOL; NIFEDIPINE; PERINDOPRIL; PIOGLITAZONE; RAMIPRIL; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; TELMISARTAN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG COST; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG COSTS; HUMANS; INDIA;

EID: 23644446488     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001871     Document Type: Article

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