Association of features of primary health care with coronary heart disease mortality

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2028-2034

  Levene, Louis S ^a,b,c   Baker, Richard ^b,c   Bankart, M John G ^b,c   Khunti, Kamlesh ^b,c  

^a East Leicester Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c The National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at University College London in partnership with UK Health Security Agency   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149392531     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1636     Document Type: Article

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