Should years of schooling be used to guide treatment of coronary risk factors?

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 469-473

  Fiscella, Kevin ^a,c   Franks, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Highland Family Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Risk assessment; Socioeconomic factors; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7044249773     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.88     Document Type: Article

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