Risk associated with various definitions of family history of coronary heart disease the newcastle family history study II

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1133-1139

  Silberberg, Jonathan S ^a,b   Wlodarczyk, John ^a   Fryer, Jayne ^a   Robertson, Randall ^a   Hensley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Case control studies; Coronary disease; Family characteristics; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032526271     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009411     Document Type: Article

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