Variations in cardiovascular disease under-diagnosis in England: National cross-sectional spatial analysis

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Soljak, Michael ^a   Samarasundera, Edgar ^a   Indulkar, Tejal ^a   Walford, Hannah ^b   Majeed, Azeem ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University Forvie Site   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STROKE;

EID: 79952700427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-11-12     Document Type: Article

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