Background, Principles, Implementation, and General Experiences of the North Karelia Project

Global Heart

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 173-178

  Puska, Pekka ^a   Vartiainen, Erkki ^a   Nissinen, Aulikki ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^a,b,c   Jousilahti, Pekka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Hospital District of North Karelia   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; MONITORING; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOBACCO USE; FINLAND; HEALTH PROMOTION; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FINLAND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 85008689762     PISSN: 22118160     EISSN: 22118179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2016.04.010     Document Type: Review

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