Communicating risk - Coronary risk scores

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-223

  Graham, Ian M ^a,b,d   Clavel, Elizabeth ^c  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c European Society of Cardiology   (France)

^d ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk prediction; Heart attack; Risk factors; Risk management implementation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037562062     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00269     Document Type: Article

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