Evidence that height is an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease (the Manitoba Follow-Up Study).

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Published in Am J Cardiol on August 15, 1994

Authors

A D Krahn1, J Manfreda, R B Tate, F A Mathewson, T E Cuddy

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

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