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European Heart Journal 2000 21(20):1639-1642; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2270
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Blood pressure and long-term coronary heart disease mortality in the Seven Countries Study: implications for clinical practice and public health

P.C.W. Van den Hoogen, J.C. Seidell, A. Menotti and D. Kromhout

National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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