Cholesterol screening guidelines: Consensus, evidence, and the departure from common sense

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1651-1653

  LaRosa, John C ^a   Pearson, Thomas A ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

cholesterol; coronary disease; lipoproteins; screening

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

EID: 0030944942     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.6.1651     Document Type: Review

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