Using the Framingham model to predict heart disease in the United Kingdom: Retrospective study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7236, 2000, Pages 676-677

  Ramachandran, S ^a   French, J M ^b   Vanderpump, M P J ^c   Croft, P ^a   Neary, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034635807     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7236.676     Document Type: Article

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