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- 1989
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 7-16
- Citations
- 713
- Access
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James I. Cleeman
(1989).
The National Cholesterol Education Program.
Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
, 9
(1)
, 7-16.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0272-2712(18)30638-3
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- DOI
- 10.1016/s0272-2712(18)30638-3