Carotid Atherosclerosis Is a Stronger Predictor of Myocardial Infarction in Women Than in Men: A 6-Year Follow-Up Study of 6226 Persons: The Tromsø Study

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  2007

• Venue

  Stroke

• Publication date

  2007-11-01

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.487264PMID 17901390
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