Traditional Chinese medicine and new concepts of predictive, preventive and personalized medicine in diagnosis and treatment of suboptimal health

EPMA Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Wei ^a,b   Russell, Alyce ^a   Yan, Yuxiang ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Predictive; Preventive and personalized medicine; Suboptimal health; Suboptimal health status questionnaire 25

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CHINESE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE PREVENTIVE AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBOPTIMAL HEALTH STATUS; SUBOPTIMAL HEALTH STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE 25; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDITY;

EID: 84903215732     PISSN: 18785077     EISSN: 18785085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1878-5085-5-4     Document Type: Article

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