Cardiovascular diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: The present situation

Prevention and Control

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 149-157

  Pramparo, Palmira ^a   Montano, Carlos Mendoza ^a   Barceló, Alberto ^a   Avezum, Alvaro ^a   Wilks, Rainford ^a  

^a InterAmerican Heart Foundation   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular mortality; Cardiovascular risk factors; CVD in Latin American and Caribbean countries; CVD prevention initiatives

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL AMERICA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STROKE;

EID: 34249939705     PISSN: 15732088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precon.2007.03.002     Document Type: Review

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