Direct-to-consumer cardiac screening and suspect risk evaluation

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2567-2568

  Lovett, Kimberly M ^a,b   Liang, Bryan A ^b,c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 79959427030     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.865     Document Type: Note

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