Gender differences in the treatment and secondary prevention of CHD at population level

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 327-333

  Kattainen, Anna ^a   Salomaa, Veikko ^a   Jula, Antti ^a   Kesäniemi, Y Antero ^b   Kukkonen Harjula, Katriina ^c   Kähönen, Mika ^d   Majahalme, Silja ^e,f   Moilanen, Leena ^g   Nieminen, Markku S ^h   Aromaa, Arpo ^a   Reunanen, Antti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^f Appleton Heart Institute   (United States)

^g KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Drug therapy; Gender; Health surveys; Myocardial revascularization; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 31344446715     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430500233417     Document Type: Article

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