Issues in the assessment of cardiovascular risk in selected general practices in Canterbury, New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1261, 2007, Pages

  Sheerin, Ian ^a   Hamilton, Greg ^b   Humphrey, Alistair ^b   Scragg, Alf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY HISTORY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION STORAGE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 35248901568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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