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Epidemiology and prevention of coronary heart disease in families.

The American journal of medicine - 1 Apr 2000

Higgins M

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Although family histories are used primarily to aid in diagnosis and risk assessment, their value is enhanced when the family is considered as a unit for research and disease prevention. The value of a family history of coronary heart disease (CHD) is increased when the age, sex, number of relatives, and age at onset of disease are incorporated in a quantitative family risk score. Medical and lifestyle risk...

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PMID: 10759095
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(99)00409-x

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