Editorial comment: Implementation of the European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in Italy;Commento editoriale: L'applicazione Italiana delle linee guida Europee sulla prevenzione delle malattie cardiovascolari

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-67

  Giampaoli, Simona ^a,b   Riccio, Carmine ^a,b   Vanuzzo, Diego ^a,b  

^a Federazione Italiana di Cardiologia ^*

^b European Forum on Cardiovascular Prevention

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOLOGY; EDITORIAL; EUROPEAN UNION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; ITALY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 45549098841     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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