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Methods Inf Med 1998; 37(02): 143-146
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634512
Original Article
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Health Risk Appraisal in the UK – Some Preliminary Results

D. Robinson
1   BUPA Research & Clinical Audit, London, UK
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S. Allaway
1   BUPA Research & Clinical Audit, London, UK
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Publication Date:
07 February 2018 (online)

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Abstract

Information about a subject's lifestyle, personal past history and family history of disease is obtained from a 70-item questionnaire. This information is then used to compute the subject's risk of dying from certain diseases, relative to the average risk for a person of the same age and sex.

Keywords

Health Risk - Health Status - Questionnaries
 

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