Use of a web-based risk appraisal tool for assessing family history and lifestyle factors in primary care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 817-824

  Baer, Heather J ^a,b,c   Schneider, Louise I ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^d   Dart, Hank ^d   Andry, Analisa ^a   Williams, Deborah H ^a   Orav, E John ^a,b,c   Haas, Jennifer S ^a,b,c   Getty, George ^e   Whittemore, Elizabeth ^a   Bates, David W ^a,b,c,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

^e PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; family history; primary care; risk appraisal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; AGED; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878602337     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2338-z     Document Type: Article

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