Can computerized risk profiles help patients improve their coronary risk? The results of the coronary health assessment study (CHAS)

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5 I, 1998, Pages 730-737

  Lowensteyn, Ilka ^b   Joseph, Lawrence ^b   Levinton, Carey ^b   Abrahamowicz, Michal ^b   Steinert, Yvonne ^b   Grover, Steven ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computers; Coronary disease; Patients; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031662764     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0351     Document Type: Article

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