Frequency of citation and outcome of cholesterol lowering trials.
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Cholesterol lowering trials in coronary heart disease: frequency of citation and outcome.
OBJECTIVE To see if the claim that lowering cholesterol values prevents coronary heart disease is true or if it is based on citation of supportive trials only. DESIGN Comparison of frequency of citation with outcome of all controlled cholesterol lowering trials using coronary heart disease or death, or both, as end point. SUBJECTS 22 controlled cholesterol lowering trials. RESULTS Trials ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.305.6850.422