Heart health: CHD management gaps in general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 241-245

  Huang, Nancy ^a   Daddo, Marcus ^b   Clune, Eleanor ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Cardiovascular Care Programs (Victoria)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68349123703     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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