An appraisal of the epidemic rise of coronary heart disease and its decline.

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• Publication year

  1987

• Venue

  The Lancet

• Publication date

  1987-03-14

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(87)90243-1PMID 2881140
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