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. 2003 Mar;89(3):327-8.
doi: 10.1136/heart.89.3.327.

Women, older persons, and ethnic minorities: factors associated with their inclusion in randomised trials of statins 1990 to 2001

C Bartlett, P Davey, P Dieppe, L Doyal, S Ebrahim, M Egger

Women, older persons, and ethnic minorities: factors associated with their inclusion in randomised trials of statins 1990 to 2001

C Bartlett et al. Heart. 2003 Mar.
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