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European Heart Journal 2001 22(2):105-107; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2279
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Editorial

Quest for an optimal population cardiovascular risk factor burden

W.B. Kannel

Framington Heart Study, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, U.S.A.

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