Self-reported cerebrovascular and heart diseases and cardiovascular risk factors in Portugal: The AMALIA study;Percepção da doença cardíaca e cerebral e dos factores de risco cardiovasculares em Portugal: Estudo AMALIA

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 569-580

  Macedo, Ana ^a   Santos, Ana ^a   Rocha, Evangelista ^b   Perdigão, Carlos ^b  

^a Unidade de Epidemiologia   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cerebrovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Prevalence; Risk factors; Self reporting

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STROKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47949110436     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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