HDL-knowledge in the lay public: Results of a representative population survey

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 195-198

  Dorner, Thomas ^a   Fodor, J George ^b   Lawrence, Kitty ^a   Ludvik, Bernhard ^a   Rieder, Anita ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cardiovascular risk factor; Population based survey; Public health knowledge

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELECONSULTATION; TELEVISION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35248818690     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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