Knowledge and practice assessment of workers in a pharmaceutical company about prevention of coronary artery disease

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 697-703

  Attarchi, Mirsaeed ^a   Mohammadi, Saber ^a   Nojomi, Marzieh ^a   Labbafinejad, Yasser ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Knowledge; Labor; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871496012     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 17359694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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