Government's plans for universal health checks for people aged 40-75

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7919, 2013, Pages

  Goodyear Smith, Felicity ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84881397306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4788     Document Type: Editorial

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