Family history and the risk of coronary heart disease: Comparing predictive models

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 609-620

  Ciampi, A ^a   Courteau, J ^b   Niyonsenga, T ^b   Xhignesse, M ^b,c,d   Lussier Cacan, S ^d   Roy, M ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Family history; Logistic regression; RECursive Partition and AMalgamation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0035740169     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015587428172     Document Type: Article

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