Screening for hypercholesterolaemia in primary care: Randomised controlled trial of postal questionnaire appraising risk of coronary heart disease

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7139, 1998, Pages 1208-1213

  Hutchison, Brian ^a   Birch, Stephen ^a   Evans, C Edward ^a   Goldsmith, Laurie J ^a   Markham, Barbara A ^a   Frank, John ^b   Paterson, Michael ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032542933     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7139.1208     Document Type: Article

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