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Family-centered approaches to understanding and preventing coronary heart disease.
American journal of preventive medicine - 1 Feb 2003
Kardia Sharon L R, Modell Stephen M, Peyser Patricia A
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Family history represents the contributions and interactions of unique genomic and ecologic factors that affect the metabolic profile and life course of a family and its members. It is well known that a family history of coronary heart disease (CHD) is a significant predictor of an individual's risk for CHD even after adjusting for an individual's own established risk factors, such as hypertension, smoking, and...
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