Regular health checks: Cross-sectional survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Grønhøj Larsen, Christian ^a   Jørgensen, Karsten Juhl ^a   Gøtzsche, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CANCER SCREENING; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEB BROWSER;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84859115152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033694     Document Type: Article

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