Population-level interventions for coronaryX heart disease prevention: What have we learned since the North Karelia project?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 452-461

  Papadakis, Sophia ^a   Moroz, Isabella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community; Heart disease; Population; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58149200228     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32830c217e     Document Type: Review

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