Cardiovascular risk estimation - Making sense of the numbers

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1300-1303

  Viljoen, A ^a  

^a LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 49349088001     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2008.01868.x     Document Type: Editorial

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