Cardiovascular screening for men at high risk in Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust: The 'Deadly Trio' programme

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-82

  Lambert, A M ^a   Burden, A C ^a   Chambers, J ^a   Marshall, T ^b  

^a Bartholomew House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

circulatory disease; primary care; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857606502     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr052     Document Type: Article

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