Cardiovascular disease in South America: Current status and opportunities for prevention

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1475-1482

  Avezum, A ^a   Braga, J ^a   Santos, I ^a   Guimaraes H P ^a   Marin Neto, J A ^b   Piegas, L S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILE; COLOMBIA; COLON CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GUYANA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PARAGUAY; PERU; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; SOUTH AMERICA; STRESS; STROKE; TRACHEA CANCER; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; URUGUAY; VENEZUELA;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FORECASTING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SOUTH AMERICA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 69449098822     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.156331     Document Type: Review

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