Lifestyle change helped to halve number of Americans dying from heart disease.
Summary of "Lifestyle change helped to halve number of Americans dying from heart disease."
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Milan.
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This article was published in the following journal.
Name: BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
ISSN: 1468-5833
Pages: c4198
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20685796
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/
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