Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk amongst the population eligible for the NHS Health Check Programme

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 142-150

  Dalton, Andrew R H ^a,b   Soljak, Michael ^a   Samarasundera, Edgar ^a   Millett, Christopher ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Ealing ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; primary health care; primary prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873928337     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711428797     Document Type: Article

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