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Comment
. 2000 Jul 15;321(7254):174.

Risk in cardiovascular disease. Merit of using risk reduction rather than absolute risk for lipid lowering drugs

R Neary, S Ramachandran
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Risk in cardiovascular disease. Merit of using risk reduction rather than absolute risk for lipid lowering drugs

R Neary et al. BMJ. .
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