The impact of a cardiovascular health awareness program (CHAP) on reducing blood pressure: A prospective cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ye, Chenglin ^a,b   Foster, Gary ^a,b   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^a,c   Chambers, Larry W ^a,d,e,f   Angeles, Ricardo ^a   Marzanek Lefebvre, Francine ^a   Laryea, Stephanie ^g   Thabane, Lehana ^a,b   Dolovich, Lisa ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f York University   (Canada)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84890853466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1230     Document Type: Article

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