Is the Framingham coronary heart disease absolute risk function applicable to Aboriginal people?
- 17 January 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 182 (2) , 66-69
Abstract
Objective: To determine the extent to which the Framingham function predicts the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in Aboriginal people. Design and setting: Cohort study in an Aboriginal community...Keywords
Funding Information
- National Health and Medical Research Council
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