Screening for cardiovascular risk in asymptomatic users of the Primary Health care Network in Lebanon, 2012-2013

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yamout, Rouham ^a   Adib, Salim M ^b   Hamadeh, Randa ^c   Freidi, Alia ^a   Ammar, Walid ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84939423773     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd11.140089     Document Type: Article

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