Opportunistic community-based health checks

Public Health

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 582-584

  Gidlow, C J ^a   Ellis, N J ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY APPROACH;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POVERTY AREAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84903471691     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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