The "million hearts" initiative - Preventing heart attacks and strokes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 13, 2011, Pages e27(1)-

  Frieden, Thomas R ^a   Berwick, Donald M ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; TRANS FATTY ACID;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FAT INTAKE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SALT INTAKE; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053344963     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1110421     Document Type: Article

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