Social inequality in awareness of cardiovascular risk factors in patients undergoing coronary angiography

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 872-879

  Tchicaya, Anastase ^a   Braun, Marie ^b   Lorentz, Nathalie ^a   Delagardelle, Charles ^c   Beissel, Jean ^b   Wagner, Daniel R ^b  

^a CEPS/INSTEAD   (Luxembourg)

^b Institut de Chirurgie Cardiaque et de Cardiologie Interventionnelle (INCCI)   (Luxembourg)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

awareness; Cardiovascular risk factors; coronary angiography; level of education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; LEVEL OF EDUCATION;

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUXEMBOURG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84884139772     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312446123     Document Type: Article

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