Prediction of coronary heart disease mortality in Busselton, Western Australia: An evaluation of the Framingham, national health epidemiologic follow up study, and WHO ERICA risk scores

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 515-519

  Knuiman, Matthew W ^a   Vu, Hien T V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030710191     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.5.515     Document Type: Article

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