Blood cholesterol and vascular mortality by age, sex, and blood pressure: a meta-analysis of individual data from 61 prospective studies with 55 000...

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Year: 2007
Type: review
Volume: 370
Issue: 9602
Pages: 1829-1839
Citations: 2299
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                                    Sarah Lewington, 
                                
                                    Gary Whitlock, 
                                
                                    Robert Clarke
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2007). 
                            Blood cholesterol and vascular mortality by age, sex, and blood pressure: a meta-analysis of individual data from 61 prospective studies with 55 000 vascular deaths. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 370
                            (9602)
                            , 1829-1839.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61778-4
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61778-4