More Similiarities Than Differences: An International Comparison of CVD Mortality and Risk Factors in Women

In this article we describe global cardiovascular risk factor trendsin women, both physiological and behavioral, in order to improvethe understanding of cardiovascular health of women. Our aim inpresenting this information is to inform interventions and policies toimprove the cardiovascular health o...

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Main Authors: Gholizedah, L., Davidson, Patricia
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Group LLC 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15788
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description In this article we describe global cardiovascular risk factor trendsin women, both physiological and behavioral, in order to improvethe understanding of cardiovascular health of women. Our aim inpresenting this information is to inform interventions and policies toimprove the cardiovascular health of women. Although differencesare apparent between developing and developed countries, arange of commonalities exist that allow a global approach toimproving women’s health. A multifaceted approach consideringphysiological, social, economic, and political determinants iscritical to improve the cardiovascular health outcomes of women.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-157882017-02-28T01:27:27Z More Similiarities Than Differences: An International Comparison of CVD Mortality and Risk Factors in Women Gholizedah, L. Davidson, Patricia In this article we describe global cardiovascular risk factor trendsin women, both physiological and behavioral, in order to improvethe understanding of cardiovascular health of women. Our aim inpresenting this information is to inform interventions and policies toimprove the cardiovascular health of women. Although differencesare apparent between developing and developed countries, arange of commonalities exist that allow a global approach toimproving women’s health. A multifaceted approach consideringphysiological, social, economic, and political determinants iscritical to improve the cardiovascular health outcomes of women. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15788 Taylor & Francis Group LLC restricted
spellingShingle Gholizedah, L.
Davidson, Patricia
More Similiarities Than Differences: An International Comparison of CVD Mortality and Risk Factors in Women
title More Similiarities Than Differences: An International Comparison of CVD Mortality and Risk Factors in Women
title_full More Similiarities Than Differences: An International Comparison of CVD Mortality and Risk Factors in Women
title_fullStr More Similiarities Than Differences: An International Comparison of CVD Mortality and Risk Factors in Women
title_full_unstemmed More Similiarities Than Differences: An International Comparison of CVD Mortality and Risk Factors in Women
title_short More Similiarities Than Differences: An International Comparison of CVD Mortality and Risk Factors in Women
title_sort more similiarities than differences: an international comparison of cvd mortality and risk factors in women
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15788