Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: We Have the Will, But Do We Have the Way?

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-37

  Terre, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular risk reduction; health behaviors; lifestyle medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990342744     PISSN: 15598276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1559827606293560     Document Type: Article

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