Correction for biases in a population-based study of family history and coronary heart disease: The Newcastle Family History Study I

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1123-1132

  Silberberg, Jonathan S ^a,b   Wlodarczyk, John ^a   Fryer, Jayne ^a   Ray, Cheryl D ^a   Hensley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Case control studies; Coronary disease; Family characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0032525932     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009410     Document Type: Article

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