Should cardiovascular disease prevention be undertaken by national cardiac societies?

Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-111

  Kamensky, Gabriel ^a   Murin, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cardiac societies; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery disease; Epidemiology; Euroheart project; European heart health charter; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DISABILITY; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 69549101631     PISSN: 12729949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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