Challenges to improve coronary heart disease risk assessment

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2369-2370

  Wilson, Peter W F ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 72249110422     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1765     Document Type: Editorial

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