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I've divided this page into two sections. The first provides you with
some
tips on searching for material on Medline, and the second provides
links
to other Australian and overseas
web resources, including some full text report and journal literature.
Searching Medline
Remember that Medline has a Thesaurus of terms - MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), a controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles in Medline. MeSH terminology provides a consistent way to retrieve information where authors may use different terminology for the same concepts.
You will find material on this subject in Medline, but you will need to
be aware of the thesaurus (MeSH) terms used to search for the various
topics.
The
term cardiovascular disease has an extensive number of more specific terms associated
with
it, and you can see these listed in the MeSH database.
MeSH - Cardiovascular Diseases
Many topics in MeSH have hierarchies of more specific subcategories or related terms. The indentations in the lists reflect the structure of the hierarchy, and the + signs at the end of terms indicate that there is a further hierarchy of terms not displayed here. Any of these terms can be searched individually, or you can "explode" terms to search sections of the list.
When you search for subjects using MeSH terms from the Medline thesaurus you will also have the option of appending subheadings to narrow the focus of your search.
For a list of the abbreviations used for subheadings in PubMed
click
here
Try the following search strategy to find articles on the
relationship
between cardiovascular disease and life style.
COMBINE
Cardiovascular Diseases (MeSH term)
AND
Life Style (MeSH term)
Typical way of life or manner of living characteristic of an individual
or group. (From APA, Thesaurus of Psychogical Index Terms, 8th ed)
PubMed's default setting is to "explode" all terms, and so
this search
will include Life Change Events, which is a subcategory of Life Style.
It will also include all of the subcategories of Cardiovascular
Diseases
listed above.
PubMed Search Formulation
cardiovascular diseases[majr] AND life style[majr] AND english[lang]
This search strategy uses the headings cardiovascular
diseases
and life style. The section in the square brackets includes majr
- which focuses the search on articles where the subject is a major
issue
in the article. The search is then limited to articles in English or
with
an English abstract.
Click here to see how it works. PubMed
Search.
Australian Sources
Cardiovascular
Health (AIHW)
From Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Through the links on
the left you can access general information on the impact of
cardiovascular disease in Australia, its major risk factors,
information on cardiovascular procedures and statistics. Click
here for
links to publications on cardiovascular disease.
eMJA:
Articles
on Cardiology
A collection of articles from the Medical Journal of Australia.
 Epidemic
of Coronary Heart Disease and its Treatment in Australia
By Sushma Mathur. (Cardiovascular Disease Series, No. 20) Canberra,
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, September 2002.
Health
Outcomes Plan - Cardiovascular Health: Coronary Heart Disease 2000-2004
A policy document from Queensland Health outlining the evidence base
for strategies aimed at prevention, treatment, management, and
rehabilitation
of coronary heart disease.
Health Report - Heart Disease
Health Report - Stroke and Blood Pressure
Transcripts from Radio National's Health Report, with Norman Swan.
Heart
Foundation - Health & Lifestyle - Professional
Resources from the Heart Foundation, including cardiovascular disease
statistics.
National Health
Priority
Area: Cardiovascular Health
From the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. Links to publications are available on this page.
Overseas Sources
bmj.com
Collected Resources : Cardiovascular Medicine
The full text of articles from the BMJ (British Medical Journal)
British Heart
Foundation Statistics Website
The British Heart Foundation's statistics website is a comprehensive and up-to-date source of statistics on the burden,
prevention, treatment and causes of heart disease in the UK.
Cardiac
(Bandolier Library)
Bandolier is a print and Internet journal about health care, using
evidence-based medicine techniques to provide advice about particular
treatments
or diseases for healthcare professionals and consumers.
Cardiovascular Center --- HealthandAge
Resources from the Novartis Foundation for Gerontology.
Cardiovascular
Disease - Centre for Chronic Prevention and Control
Full text of a number of publications from the Centre for Chronic
Disease
Prevention and Control Cardiovascular Disease, in Canada.
Cardiovascular
Diseases
An extensive list of links from the Karolinska Institute Library.
Cardiovascular
Diseases
The World Health Organisation's cardiovascular disease web page.
Cardiovascular Diseases Specialist Library
The Cardiovascular Diseases Specialist Library, part of the National Electronic Library for Health, is being developed to provide high quality, evidence-based information on all of aspects of cardiovascular diseases.
DHDSP - Heart Disease
DHDSP - Stroke
DHDS Heart Disease and Stroke Maps
From the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United
States, resources on cardiovascular diseases.
Cochrane Reviews - by topic 'Heart'
From the Cochrane Library.
Control of
Cardiovascular
Diseases in Developing Countries: Research, Development, and
Institutional
Strengthening
Christopher P. Howson, K. Srinath Reddy, Thomas J. Ryan, and Judith
R. Bale, Editors; Committee on Research, Development, and Institutional
Strengthening for Control of Cardiovascular Diseases in Developing
Countries,
Institute of Medicine. Washington D.C., National Academy Press, 1998.
Framingham
Heart
Study
From the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in the United States.
The objective of the Framingham Heart Study was to identify the common
factors or characteristics that contribute to CVD by following its
development
over a long period of time in a large group of participants who had not
yet developed overt symptoms of CVD or suffered a heart attack or
stroke.
Since 1948, the subjects have continued to return to the study every
two
years for a detailed medical history, physical examination, and
laboratory
tests, and in 1971, the study enrolled a second-generation group --
5,124
of the original participants' adult children and their spouses -- to
participate
in similar examinations.
Global Cardiovascular
Infobase
From the WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveliiance of Cardiovascular
Diseases.
Hardin
MD :
Circulatory System & Heart Disease
Links to web directories that list resources in this area.
Health
Care
Information Resources -- Heart Disease Links
A collection of links from McMaster University Health Sciences
Library in Hamilton, Ontario.
Health
Survey for England - Cardiovascular Disease
Vol. 1 Findings
Vol. 2 Methodology and Documentation
The Stationery Office, 1998.
Heart
and Vascular
Disease Information for Patients and the Public, NHLBI
Information on a variety of topics from the National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute in the United States. The page has a link to Heart and
Vascular Disease Information for Health Professionals.
MEDLINEplus:
Circulatory Disorders
MEDLINEplus is the National Library of Medicine's consumer health
information
portal. Lists of links are evaluated/reviewed/quality-filtered.
MEDLINEplus:
Heart Diseases (General)
MEDLINEplus is the National Library of Medicine's consumer health
information
portal. Lists of links are evaluated/reviewed/quality-filtered.
Statistics
(American Heart Association)
Heart disease and stroke statistics.
Stroke
(Bandolier Library)
Bandolier is a print and Internet journal about health care, using
evidence-based medicine techniques to provide advice about particular
treatments
or diseases for healthcare professionals and consumers.
Third Report of
the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood
Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)
This is the Final Report of the National Expert Panel on Detection,
Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult
Treatment Panel III) NIH Publication No. 02-5215, September 2002.
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