Women's cardiovascular health: Prevention is key

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1740-1741

  Oertelt Prigione, Sabine ^b   Regitz Zagrosek, Vera ^a  

^a DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70350510662     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.353     Document Type: Editorial

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