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Cohort study investigating the relationship between cholesterol, cardiovascular risk score and the prescribing of statins in UK primary care: study protocol

INTRODUCTION: Risk scoring is an integral part of the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and should form the basis for the decision to offer medication to reduce cholesterol (statins). However, there is a suggestion in the literature that many patients are still initiated on statins based on...

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Autores principales: Finnikin, Samuel, Ryan, Ronan, Marshall, Tom
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5128938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27856481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013120