The perception and knowledge of cardiovascular risk factors among medical students

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-284

  Reiner, Željko ^a   Sonicki, Zdenko ^b   Tedeschi Reiner, Eugenia ^c,d  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^d JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84866457328     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2012.53.278     Document Type: Article

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