Norway's new principles for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: age differentiated risk thresholds
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Principles of prevention of cardiovascular disease.
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d3626