@article{5465c082249b4f7b963f030240f2601d,
title = "Adding social deprivation and family history to cardiovascular risk assessment: the ASSIGN score from the Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort (SHHEC)",
abstract = "Objective: To improve equity in cardiovascular disease prevention by developing a cardiovascular risk score including social deprivation and family history.",
author = "Mark Woodward and Peter Brindle and Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe",
note = " dc.publisher: BMJ Publishing Group HTP proposed developing the new CV-risk score, was lead investigator and grantholder. He worked closely with the first author statistician, and was responsible for drafting and finalizing the paper. The score is now adopted nationally in Scotland, as it has significant advantages over older scores derived from smaller population studies. ",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1136/hrt.2006.108167",
language = "English",
volume = "93",
pages = "172--176",
journal = "Heart",
issn = "1468-201X",
publisher = "BMJ Publishing Group",
number = "2",
}
