Family history - And independent risk factors for coronary heart disease, it is time to be practical

European Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 1637-1638

  Simon J ^a   Rosolova H ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RR INTERVAL; SMOKING; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036868373     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-668X(02)93295-1     Document Type: Editorial

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