Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 217-222 , February 1996

Selective screening for dyslipidemia in a Canadian population

  • Bruce A. Reeder

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Dr. B. A. Reeder, Saskatchewan Heart and Stroke Foundation Epidemiology Unit, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada S7N 0W0.
    • Saskatchewan Heart and Stroke Foundation Epidemiology Unit, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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  • Liyan Liu

      Affiliations

    • Saskatchewan Heart and Stroke Foundation Epidemiology Unit, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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  • Louis Horlick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

,Revised 28 March 1995

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☆ Research funded in part by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan and by the National Health Research and Development Program, Health Canada.

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