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Cardiovascular disease and high cholesterol in old age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

DL Cohen
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Geratology, Radcliffe Infirmary and JS Mindell, Lipid Clinic, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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