Cardiovascular disease risk among the poor and homeless - What we know so far

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-77

  Jones, Charlotte A ^a,c   Perera, Arjuna ^a   Chow, Michelle ^a   Ho, Ivan ^a   Nguyen, John ^a   Davachi, Shahnaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Healthcare; Homeless

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FUNDING; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LAW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 65649104693     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340309787048086     Document Type: Review

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