Use of global coronary heart disease risk assessment in practice: A cross-sectional survey of a sample of U.S. physicians

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Shillinglaw, Benjamin ^a   Viera, Anthony J ^b   Edwards, Teresa ^c   Simpson, Ross ^b   Sheridan, Stacey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84856077403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-20     Document Type: Article

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