Geographic, demographic, and socioeconomic variations in the investigation and management of coronary heart disease in Scotland.

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Published in Heart on March 01, 1999

Authors

M C MacLeod1, A R Finlayson, J P Pell, I N Findlay

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1: Information and Statistics Division, Scottish Health Service, Edinburgh, UK.

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