Diverging trends in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in a low risk population.

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Published in Eur J Epidemiol on June 17, 2009

Authors

Theodore Chimonas1, Irene Fanouraki, Evangelos N Liberopoulos, Elias Chimonas, Moses Elisaf

Author Affiliations

1: Medical School of University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece. vinterus@yahoo.com

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