How to improve cooperation with political leaders and other decision-makers to improve prevention of cardiovascular disease: Lessons from Poland

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 319-324

  Zdrojewski, Tomasz ^a   Babinska, Zofia ^b   Kakol, Michal ^a   Januszko, Wiktor ^a   Rutkowski, Marcin ^a   Bandosz, Piotr ^a   Piwonski, Jerzy ^c   Krupa Wojciechowska, Barbara ^a   Wyrzykowski, Bogdan ^a  

^a Departments of Hypertension and Diabetology   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; lobbying; opinion leaders; prevention

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBESITY; POLAND; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SMOKING;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JOURNALISM; LEADERSHIP; OBESITY; POLAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING;

EID: 33748273307     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000174790.47059.c9     Document Type: Article

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