Environmental profile of a community's health (EPOCH): An instrument to measure environmental determinants of cardiovascular health in five countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Chow, Clara K ^a,b   Lock, Karen ^c   Madhavan, Manisha ^a   Corsi, Daniel J ^a   Gilmore, Anna B ^c,j   Subramanian, S V ^d   Li, Wei ^e   Swaminathan, Sumathi ^f   Lopez Jaramillo, Patricio ^g   Avezum, Alvaro ^h   Lear, Scott A ⁱ   Dagenais, Gilles ^k   Teo, Koon ^a   Mckee, Martin ^c   Yusuf, Salim ^a  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^f ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^h INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

ⁱ SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^k LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; COLOMBIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE OF A COMMUNITY HEALTH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

BRAZIL; CANADA; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; COLOMBIA; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 78650751698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014294     Document Type: Article

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