Cardiac rehabilitation in low-resource settings and beyond: The art of the possible

Heart

Volumn 102, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 1425-1426

  Ordunez, Pedro ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSENSUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DIET; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART PROTECTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETURN TO WORK; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING CESSATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CARDIAC REHABILITATION; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS;

EID: 84978962207     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309804     Document Type: Editorial

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