Is universal pediatric lipid screening justified?

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-260

  Gillman, Matthew W ^a,b   Daniels, Stephen R ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIFESTYLE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIFE STYLE; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856015484     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.2012     Document Type: Short Survey

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