Cardiovascular risk factor trends and potential for reducing coronary heart disease mortality in the United States of America

• Main Authors: Simon Capewell (Author), Earl S Ford (Author), Janet B Croft (Author), Julia A Critchley (Author), Kurt J Greenlund (Author), Darwin R Labarthe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the potential for reducing cardiovascular risk factors in the United States of America enough to cause age-adjusted coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates to drop by 20% (from 2000 baseline figures) by 2010, as targeted under the Healthy People 2010 initiative. METHODS: U...