Family history: the neglected risk factor in disease prevention

Bates, Timothy R; Poulter, Elissa B; van Bockxmeer, Frank M; Watts, Gerald F

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03984.x

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To the Editor: Langlands and colleagues show that family history is poorly taken in patients presenting to an acute medical unit at a major tertiary hospital.1

1 Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA.
2 University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.

Correspondence: gerald.watts@uwa.edu.au

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