Screening family members at high risk for coronary disease: Why isn't it done?

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 50-55

  Swanson, Jonathan R ^a   Pearson, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; WIDOW;

EID: 0035189587     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(00)00252-X     Document Type: Article

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