Trends in dietary fat and cigarette smoking and the decline in coronary heart disease in New Zealand.

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on September 01, 1987

Authors

R Jackson1, R Beaglehole

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Community Health and General Practice, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

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