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Trends in total cholesterol screening and in prescribing lipid-lowering drugs in general practice in the period 1994–2003

BACKGROUND: General Practitioners (GPs) play a central role in controlling an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, i.e. cholesterol levels in serum. In the past few decades different studies have been published on the effect of treating hyperlipidemia with statins. Guidelines for treat...

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Autores principales: Bartholomeeusen, Stefaan, Vandenbroucke, Jan P, Truyers, Carla, Buntinx, Frank
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2447840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18590552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-9-39