The advisability of implementing cholesterol screening in school-age children and adolescents with a family history of cardiovascular disease and hyperlipidaemia

Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 501-505

  Liu, Chiu Shong ^a   Lin, Cheng Chieh ^a   Shih, Hung Chang ^a   Li, Tsai Chung ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Cholesterol; Family history; Screening

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; TAIWAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0032863193     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/16.5.501     Document Type: Article

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