Editorial: Is the horse already out of the barn in rural india?

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1850-1852

  Gaziano, Thomas A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Editorials; Epidemiology; Myocardial infarction; Prevention; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HORSE; INDIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMAN; NOTE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INDIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 65549169155     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.853614     Document Type: Editorial

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