Cardiovascular risk and risk scores: ASSIGN, Framingham, QRISK and others: How to choose

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 442-444

  Tunstall Pedoe, Hugh ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79951977933     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.214858     Document Type: Editorial

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