Italian network for obesity and cardiovascular disease surveillance: A pilot project

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Donfrancesco, Chiara ^a   Lo Noce, Cinzia ^a   Brignoli, Ovidio ^b   Riccardi, Gabriele ^c   Ciccarelli, Paola ^a   Dima, Francesco ^a   Palmieri, Luigi ^a   Giampaoli, Simona ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Presidente Società Italiana di Medicina Estetica   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EXERCISE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 54049110995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-9-53     Document Type: Article

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