Knowledge of modifiable risk factors of heart disease among patients with acute myocardial infarction in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross sectional study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Khan, Muhammad S ^a   Jafary, Fahim H ^b   Jafar, Tazeen H ^a   Faruqui, Azhar M ^c   Rasool, Syed I ^c   Hatcher, Juanita ^a   Chaturvedi, Nish ^d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Pakistan)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIPID DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX PAIN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646729037     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-18     Document Type: Article

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