General health checks in adults for reducing morbidity and mortality from disease

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2489-2490

  Krogsbøll, Lasse T ^a   Jørgensen, Karsten Juhl ^a   Gøtzsche, Peter C ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HEALTH CHECK; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84879080778     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.5039     Document Type: Short Survey

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