A community-based program for cardiovascular health awareness

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 294-298

  Chambers, Larry W ^a,b,c,d   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^d,e   Dolovich, Lisa ^d,e   Karwalajtys, Tina ^d   Hall, Heather L ^a   McDonough, Beatrice ^f   Hogg, William ^a,b,c   Farrell, Barbara ^a,g   Hendriks, Alexandra ^a   Levitt, Cheryl ^d  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^f Educational Services Department   (Canada)

^g SCO Health Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Community pharmacies; Family practice; Health promotion; Volunteer workers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEER REVIEW; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 24144492147     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405169     Document Type: Article

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