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The Value of Continued Followup in a Preventive Medicine ProgramContinued monitoring of hypertension and cholesterol levels in NASA employees by regularly scheduled medical examinations prevents an increase in employee disability and cardiovascular mortality rates. Adequate therapeutic control for younger hypertensive employees is demonstrated by records on mortality and heart diseases over a period of 28 months. It confirmed the importance of systolic blood pressure as diagnostic tool for the inherent risk factor. The prevalence of additional coronary risk factors among employees with hypercholesterolemia is considerably less than in employees with hypertension.
Document ID
19730008345
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Villafana, C.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Mockbee, J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1970
Publication Information
Publication: Proc. of the Ann. Conf. of NASA Clinic Directors, Environ. Health Offic. and Med. Program Advisors
Subject Category
Biosciences
Accession Number
73N17072
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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