Knowledge of modifiable risk factors of heart disease among patients with acute myocardial infarction in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross sectional study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Knowledge is an important pre-requisite for implementing both primary as well as secondary preventive strategies for cardiovascular disease (CVD). There are no estimates of the level of knowledge of risk factor of heart disease in pa...
Main Authors: | Rasool Syed I, Faruqui Azhar M, Jafar Tazeen H, Jafary Fahim H, Khan Muhammad S, Hatcher Juanita, Chaturvedi Nish |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-04-01
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Series: | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2261/6/18 |
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