Targeting vascular risk factors in older adults from polypill to personalized prevention

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1949-1950

  Mossello, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALPRACTICE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VETERAN;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERANS;

EID: 84964828965     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.5941     Document Type: Note

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