QRISK validation and evaluation: ASSIGN, QRISK, and validation

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7720, 2009, Pages 527-

  Tunstall Pedoe, Hugh ^a   Woodward, Mark ^a   Watt, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; LETTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 69949108464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3514     Document Type: Letter

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