Universal versus targeted blood cholesterol screening among youth: The CARDIAC project

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 260-265

  Ritchie, Susan K ^a   Murphy, Emily C S ^a   Ice, Christa ^a   Cottrell, Lesley A ^a   Minor, Valerie ^b   Elliott, Eloise ^c   Nea, William ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alderson Broaddus College   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Children; Genetics; Lipids

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; APPALACHIAN REGION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 77955499943     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2546     Document Type: Article

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