Public perceptions of cardiovascular risk factors in Croatia: The PERCRO survey

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 494-496

  Reiner, Zeljko ^a   Sonicki, Zdenko ^b   Tedeschi Reiner, Eugenia ^c  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Exercise; Guidelines; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension; Myocardial infarction; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROATIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78649692072     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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