Assessment of coronary heart disease risk, ii. A. clinical multicentre study of general practitioners’ risk assessment

Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 122-126

  Meland, Eivind ^a   Lareum, Even ^a   Lehmann, Egil H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0028260455     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/11.2.122     Document Type: Article

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