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Cholesterol screening among the U.S. noninstitutionalized adult population age 20 and older, 2005 /

This Statistical Brief estimates cholesterol testing among the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population age 20 and older. The estimates presented are derived from data collected in the questionnaire used in the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC). All differenc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Soni, Anita
Corporate Authors: United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Rockville, Md.] : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2007]
Series:Statistical brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)) ; #187.
Subjects:
Blood cholesterol.
Hypercholesteremia.
Cholesterol > blood > United States.
Adult.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS102196
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Summary:This Statistical Brief estimates cholesterol testing among the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population age 20 and older. The estimates presented are derived from data collected in the questionnaire used in the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC). All differences discussed in the text are statistically significant at the level of 0.05 or better.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 15, 2008).
"October 2007."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:7 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), color charts.
Format:Mode of access: Internet from the MEPS AHRQ web site. Address as of 9/15/2008: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data%5Ffiles/publications/st187/stat187.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [3-4]).