Cholesterol screening programmes: how much potential benefit?
BMJPublished 2 September 1989Open access
Kay‐Tee Khaw, Gisela Rose
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Etude statistique comparative des taux de cholesterolemie and de the mortalite par cardiopathie coronarienne en Angleterre and au Pays de Galles comparent les relations entre cholesterol and coronaropathie.
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