Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease

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MedicineStroke (engine)Blood pressureMyocardial infarctionCardiologyInternal medicineConfidence intervalVascular diseaseObservational studyProspective cohort studyCoronary heart disease

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Year: 1990
Type: review
Volume: 335
Issue: 8693
Pages: 827-838
Citations: 4511
Access: Closed

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                                    Rory Collins, 
                                
                                    Richard Peto, 
                                
                                    Stephen MacMahon
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1990). 
                            Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 335
                            (8693)
                            , 827-838.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0140-6736(90)90944-z
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)90944-z