Adding systematic family history enquiry to cardiovascular disease risk assessment: Clinical utility in primary care

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-

  Qureshi, Nadeem ^a   Dhiman, Paula ^a   Kai, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84863962819     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-2-201207170-00020     Document Type: Letter

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