Modelling the decline in coronary heart disease deaths in England and Wales, 1981-2000: comparing contributions from primary prevention and secondary prevention

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ÜNAL B., Critchley J., Capewell S.

BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.331, no.7517, pp.614-617, 2005 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 331 Issue: 7517
• Publication Date: 2005
• Doi Number: 10.1136/bmj.38561.633345.8f
• Journal Name: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Page Numbers: pp.614-617
• Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
• Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective To investigate whether population based primary prevention (risk factor reduction in apparently healthy people) might be more powerful than current government initiatives favouring risk factor reduction in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) (secondary prevention).