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    Preventing Coronary Heart Disease Risk of Slum Dwelling Residents in India

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    Authors
    Dhar, Lipi
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Dhar, Lipi. 2014. Preventing Coronary Heart Disease Risk of Slum Dwelling Residents in India. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 3 (1): pp. 58-62.
    Source Title
    Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
    DOI
    10.4103/2249-4863.130278
    ISSN
    2249-4863
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    This article is published under the Open Access publishing model and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/au/. Please refer to the licence to obtain terms for any further reuse or distribution of this work.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4502
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the top cause of mortality and morbidity in India. People in slums are generally at a higher risk for CHD than Indians living in more affluent areas mostly because of the higher prevalence of major CHD risk factors such as uncontrolled hypertension and tobacco use amongst them. Knowing their CHD risk perceptions and bringing them into line with the actual CHD risk is a prerequisite for effective CHD risk management. Consequently, there is need to develop tailored interventions focusing medication management and tobacco cessation to reduce growing CHD epidemic among slum dwellers and long-term CHD burden in India.

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