Identification of the four conventional cardiovascular disease risk factors by Dutch general practitioners

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2521-2527

  Van Wyk, Jacobus T ^a   Van Wijk, Marc A M ^b   Sturkenboom, Miriam C J M ^b   Moorman, Peter W ^b   Van Der Lei, Johan ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Disease management; General practice; Primary and secondary prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 27144489012     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2521     Document Type: Article

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