Study indicates nine risk factors explain most heart attacks
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Prevention of Heart Disease by Controlling Risk Factors
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7465.527