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European Heart Journal 2001 22(9):720-721; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2495
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Cholesterol reduction: What can we afford?

R.V. Luepker

Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.

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