The idea of uniform change: Is it time to revisit a central tenet of Rose's Strategy of Preventive Medicine?1

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1497-1507

  Razak, Fahad ^a,b,c   Smith, George Davey ^d,e   Subramanian, S V ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Geoffrey Rose; High risk; Inter individual inequality; Population strategy; Sick populations; Uniform change

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SODIUM INTAKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADULT; CALORIC INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85002373876     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.127357     Document Type: Review

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