Who is for cholesterol testing? Test selectively those who will benefit most.
BMJPublished 17 June 1989Open access
Hugh Tunstall‐Pedoe
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Cholesterol testing shows signs of sweeping the country, but, as Leitch shows, the advice offered on who should be tested varies wildly, and it is argued that testing blood cholesterol concentrations satisfies few of the basic preconditions for introducing a screening programme.
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