The impact of heart health promotion on coronary heart disease lifestyle risk factors in schoolchildren: Lessons learnt from a community-based project

Public Health

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 231-237

  Baxter, A P ^a,d   Milner, P C ^a   Hawkins, S ^a   Leaf, M ^a   Simpson, C ^a   Wilson, K V ^b   Owen, T ^b   Higginbottom, G ^b   Nicholl, J ^c   Cooper, N ^c  

^a Rotherham Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical Care Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d Barnsley Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based study; Coronary heart disease; Health promotion; Lifestyle; Risk factors; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 8544232730     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(97)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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