Comparison of family history measures used to identify high risk of coronary heart disease

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 344-355

  Silberberg, Jonathan ^a,b   Fryer, Jayne ^a   Wlodarczyk, John ^a   Robertson, Randall ^a   Dear, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Familial aggregation; Family history score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PEDIGREE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033014802     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1999)16:4<344::AID-GEPI2>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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