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Universal screening for cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescents to identify high-risk families: a population-based cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Universal screening of children for dyslipidemia and other cardiovascular risk factors has been recommended. Given the clustering of cardiovascular risk factors within families, one benefit of screening adolescents may be to identify “at-risk” families in which adult members might also b...

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Autores principales: Khoury, Michael, Manlhiot, Cedric, Gibson, Don, Chahal, Nita, Stearne, Karen, Dobbin, Stafford, McCrindle, Brian W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4721118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26795037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-016-0548-3