People's perception of their overall coronary risk: An Italian experience

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-21

  Ferrario, Gabriele ^a   Alkhimovitch, Olga ^a   Avanzini, Fausto ^b   Cirrincione, Carlo ^a   Galloni, Gianfranca ^a   Marchesi, Stefano ^a   Pellegrini, Andrea ^a   Roccatagliata, Daria ^b   Roncaglioni, Maria Carla ^b   Russo, Tiziano E ^a  

^a Rehabilitation Center Eremo   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 7044264633     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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