Effects of a global health and risk assessment tool for prevention of ischemic heart disease in an individual health dialogue compared with a community health strategy only. Results from the Live for Life health promotion programme

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-24

  Lingfors, Hans ^a,c   Persson, Lars Göran ^a,c   Lindström, Kjell ^b,c   Bengtsson, Calle ^d   Lissner, Lauren ^d  

^a Health Centre of Habo   (Sweden)

^b Health Centre of Öxnehaga   (Sweden)

^c Unit of Research and Development for Primary Health Care   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Diet; Exercise; Health promotion; Heart diseases; Life style; Overweight; Primary prevention; Risk factors; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OVERWEIGHT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 58149234103     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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