Individuals' cardiovascular risk profile projected by family doctors and individuals' knowledge of cardiovascular risk factors: A challenge for primary prevention. The cardiovascular risk prevention project "help your heart stay young"

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 557-564

  Celentano, Aldo ^a,c   Palmieri, Vittorio ^a   Panico, Salvatore ^a   Russo, Cesare ^a   Arezzi, Emma ^a   Pezzullo, Salvatore ^a   Minichiello, Stefana ^a   Guillaro, Bruno ^b   Brancati, Ciro ^b   Piccinocchi, Gaetano ^b   di Minno, Giovanni ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Italian Society of General Practitioners (SIMG)   (Italy)

^c ASL NA 1   (Italy)

^d CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Epidemiology; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645566211     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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