Trends in screening total cholesterol and in prescribing lipid - lowering drugs in general practice in the period 1994 - 2003
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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 treatment have been adopted. We investigated the consequences on the practice of GPs screening choleste...
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