The impact of statin use on pneumonia risk and outcome: a combined population-based case-control and cohort study.

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Published in Crit Care on July 12, 2012

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Anders Gunnar Nielsen, Rikke Beck Nielsen, Anders Hammerich Riis, Søren Paaske Johnsen, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Reimar Wernich Thomsen

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