Taking the initiative. Implementing the American Heart Association Guide for improving cardiovascular health at the community level

Prevention and Control

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-259

  Veazie, Mark A ^a   Galloway, James M ^a   Matson Koffman, Dyann ^a   Labarthe, Darwin R ^a   Brownstein, J Nell ^a   Emr, Marian ^a   Bolton, Eric ^a   Freund, Eugene ^a   Fulwood, Robinson ^a   Guyton Krishnan, Jeanette ^a   Hong, Yuling ^a   Lebowitz, Michael ^a   Ochiai, Emmeline ^a   Schoeberl, Mark ^a   Robertson, Rose Marie ^a  

^a AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STROKE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33748075829     PISSN: 15732088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precon.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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