Tackling heart disease and poverty

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 290-294

  Lee, Geraldine ^a   Carrington, Melinda ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Poverty; Socio economic deprivation

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; NURSE'S ROLE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 35548977038     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00363.x     Document Type: Review

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