Cholesterol screening in school children: Is family history reliable to choose the ones to screen?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1794-1798

  Derinoz, Okşan ^a   Tumer, Leyla ^a   Hasanoglu, Alev ^a   Pasaoglu, Hatice ^a   Aksakal, F Nur ^a   Ceyhan, Mustafa Nuri ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cholesterol screening; Family history; Hyperlipidemia

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 36249014292     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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