The emerging role of statins in the prevention of coronary heart disease - Statins are effective but we need better ways of assessing risk

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Muldoon, MF [1 ]
Criqui, MH
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[1] Univ Pittsburgh, Ctr Clin Pharmacol, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Family & Prevent Med, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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10.1136/bmj.315.7122.1554
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R5 [内科学];
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