Long-term effects of carotid screening on patient outcomes and behaviors

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 589-591

  Johnson, Heather M ^a   Einerson, Jean ^a   Korcarz, Claudia E ^a   Aeschlimann, Susan E ^a   Stein, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ULTRASONOGRAPHIC SCREENING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955148639     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.90     Document Type: Article

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