Application of the 1998 Canadian cholesterol guidelines to a military population: health benefits and cost effectiveness of improved cholesterol management.

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Published in Can J Cardiol on June 01, 2003

Authors

Johanna N Spaans1, Douglas Coyle, George Fodor, Rama Nair, Régis Vaillancourt, Steven A Grover, Louis Coupal

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. johannaspaans@hotmail.com

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