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Clinical Trial
. 2003 Oct 4;327(7418):788.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.788.

Taking simvastatin in the morning compared with in the evening: randomised controlled trial

Alan Wallace  1 , David Chinn, Greg Rubin
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Clinical Trial

Taking simvastatin in the morning compared with in the evening: randomised controlled trial

Alan Wallace et al. BMJ. .
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