Go red for women cardiovascular health-screening evaluation: The dichotomy between awareness and perception of cardiovascular risk in the community

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 210-218

  Kling, Juliana M ^a   Miller, Virginia M ^b,c   Mankad, Rekha ^b   Wilansky, Susan ^a   Wu, Qing ^a   Zais, Teresa G ^b   Zarling, Kathleen K ^b   Allison, Thomas G ^b   Mulvagh, Sharon L ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENOPAUSE; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED;

EID: 84875159982     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2012.3744     Document Type: Article

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