Attempt to eliminate health inequalities in Poland arising at the time of political and economic transformation: Polish 400 Cities Project

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 832-838

  Zdrojewski, Tomasz ^a   Wyrzykowski, Bogdan ^a   Wierucki, Lukasz ^a   Grodzicki, Tomasz ^b   Januszewicz, Andrzej ^c   Narkiewicz, Krzysztof ^a   Zarzeczna Baran, Marzena ^a   Gluszek, Jerzy ^d   Opolski, Grzegorz ^e   Zatonski, Witold ^f   Tykarski, Andrzej ^d   Drygas, Wojciech ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^d POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^f INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

arterial hypertension; cardiovascular risk factors; diabetes; health promotion; hyperlipidaemia; medical intervention; screening intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLAND; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLAND; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33749039450     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000239472.33756.e6     Document Type: Article

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