Risk factor thresholds: their existence under scrutiny

BMJ. 2002 Jun 29;324(7353):1570-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7353.1570.

Authors

M R Law¹, N J Wald

Affiliation

¹ Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London EC1M 6BQ. m.r.law@qmul.ac.uk

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology
Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control
Cholesterol / blood
Disease / etiology*
Humans
Myocardial Ischemia / etiology
Myocardial Ischemia / prevention & control
Preventive Medicine
Risk Factors*
Stroke / etiology

Substances

Cholesterol