Estimation of contribution of changes in classic risk factors to trends in coronary-event rates across the WHO MONICA Project populations.

By K. Kuulasmaa, H. Tunstall-Pedoe, A. Dobson, S. Fortmann, S. Sans, H. Tolonen, A. Evans, M. Ferrario, J. Tuomilehto. The Lancet, 2000

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