Early identification and preventive care for elevated cardiovascular disease risk within a remote Australian Aboriginal primary health care service

Early identification and preventive care for elevated cardiovascular disease risk within a remote Australian Aboriginal primary health care service

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the single greatest contributor to the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Our objective is to determine if holistic CVD risk assessment, introduced as part of the...

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Main Authors: O'Dea Kerin, McDermott Robyn A, Chenhall Richard D, Connors Christine M, Bailie Ross S, Burgess Christopher P, Gunabarra Charlie, Matthews Hellen L, Esterman Adrian J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/11/24

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