Knowledge and practices regarding atherothrombosis in the Lebanese population

Prevention and Control

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 165-173

  Tohme, Rania A ^a,b   Jurjus, Rosalyn A ^a,b   Estephan, Antoine ^b   Jurjus, Abdo R ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Lebanese Health Society   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Health behavior; Knowledge; Lebanon; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROTHROMBOSIS; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COST; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; LEBANON; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBESITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 34547842745     PISSN: 15732088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precon.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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