Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease is disappointing among patients of working age

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 304-306

  Sumanen, Markku ^a,c   Koskenvuo, Markku ^a   Immonen Räihä, Pirjo ^a   Suominen, Sakari ^a   Sundell, Jari ^a   Mattilla, Kari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Coronary heart disease; Myocardial infarction; Risk factors; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HANGOVER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 2942644069     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh315     Document Type: Article

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