Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2009 Update

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Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 119
Issue: 3
Pages: e21-181
Citations: 3126
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                                    T. Bruce Ferguson, 
                                
                                    Katherine M. Flegal, 
                                
                                    Earl S. Ford
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2009 Update. 
                            Circulation
                            , 119
                            (3)
                            , e21-181.
                            https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.108.191261
                        

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DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.108.191261