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Cardiovascular risk among urban Aboriginal people

Peter L. Thompson, Pamela J. Bradshaw, Margherita Veroni, Edward Wilkes

The Medical Journal of Australia · 2003 · 46 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

A cardiovascular risk assessment program with strong community support in an urban Aboriginal population can identify a significant number of people with high cardiovascular risk who are candidates for intensive risk-factor reduction strategies.

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