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PravastatinMyocardial infarctionMedicineInternal medicinePlaceboCholesterolCoronary heart diseaseCardiologyPopulationRandomizationRandomized controlled trial
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- 1992
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- article
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 849-860
- Citations
- 84
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(1992).
A coronary primary prevention study of Scottish men aged 45?64 years: Trial design.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
, 45
(8)
, 849-860.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-4356(92)90068-x
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- DOI
- 10.1016/0895-4356(92)90068-x