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Prevention of cardiovascular disease : an evidence-based approach /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lawrence, Martin, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Series:Oxford medical publications.
Oxford general practice series ; 33.
Subjects:
Cardiovascular Diseases > prevention & control.
Primary Health Care.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Evidence for reducible risk
  • Smoking
  • Hypertension
  • Lipids and lipoproteins
  • Nutrition
  • Exercise
  • Alcohol
  • Personality and psychological environment
  • Diabetes
  • Social deprivation
  • Hormone replacement therapy
  • Haemostasis
  • Antioxidants
  • Prevention of stroke
  • Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease
  • Multiple risk
  • Pt. 2. Evidence for the effectiveness of implementation
  • Community-based interventions
  • Individual interventions and behaviour change.
  • Taking the initiative: strategies and implications
  • Issues in measurement
  • Smoking
  • Blood pressure
  • Cholesterol
  • Diet
  • Fitness
  • Alcohol
  • Diabetes
  • Screening policy
  • Pt. 3. Implementation
  • The population and individual strategies
  • Preparing the practice
  • Principles of patient management.