Response to letter regarding article, "the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement on screening for peripheral arterial disease: More harm than benefit?" [2]

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Beckman, Joshua A ^a   Creager, Mark A ^a   Jaff, Michael R ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; STROKE;

EID: 33847256362     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.683615     Document Type: Letter

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