Cardiovascular risk in young persons: Secondary or primordial prevention?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-203

  Berenson, Gerald S ^a,c   Srinivasan, Sathanur R ^b,c  

^a Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CALCINOSIS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; NOTE;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955504118     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-3-201008030-00012     Document Type: Editorial

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