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. 2002 Aug 10;325(7359):311-2.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7359.311.

Role of endogenous oestrogen in aetiology of coronary heart disease: analysis of age related trends in coronary heart disease and breast cancer in England and Wales and Japan

Debbie A Lawlor  1 , Shah Ebrahim, George Davey Smith
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Role of endogenous oestrogen in aetiology of coronary heart disease: analysis of age related trends in coronary heart disease and breast cancer in England and Wales and Japan

Debbie A Lawlor et al. BMJ. .
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Age specific trends in mortality from coronary heart disease in men and women and from breast cancer in women. Aggregated data for England and Wales (top) and Japan (bottom)
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