Cholesterol and coronary heart disease: screening and treatment.

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Published in Qual Health Care on December 01, 1998

Authors

S Ebrahim1, G D Smith, C McCabe, N Payne, M Pickin, T A Sheldon, F Lampe, F Sampson, S Ward, G Wannamthee

Author Affiliations

1: Royal Free and University College London Medical School, UK.

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