Adding socioeconomic status to Framingham scoring to reduce disparities in coronary risk assessment

American Heart Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 988-994

  Fiscella, Kevin ^a   Tancredi, Daniel ^b   Franks, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67049132400     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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