Examining the heart of family medicine: Family history

American Family Physician

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 961-962

  Feero, W Gregory ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANAMNESIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH PROMOTION; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY; FAMILY PRACTICE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953662306     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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