Why Women Have Less Heart Disease Than Men and How Diabetes Modifies Women's Usual Cardiac Protection: A 40-Year Rancho Bernardo Cohort Study
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Heart
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2211-8179,2211-8160
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2012.12.002