Population-based health checks are here, RCTs or not

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 216-217

  Soljak, Michael ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MASS SCREENING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

HEALTH ECONOMICS; PRIMARY CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84891945191     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/eb-2013-101229     Document Type: Note

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