Coronary heart disease and cardiovascular risk factors among people aged 25-65 years, as seen in Romanian primary healthcare

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 56-64

  Bunescu, Doina M ^a   Stoffers, Henri E J H ^b   van den Akker, Marjan ^b   Jan Dinant, Geert ^b  

^a Centre for Family Medicine   (Romania)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Gender; General practice; Prevention; Romania

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROMANIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 55949125660     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780802343141     Document Type: Article

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