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Review
. 2005 Jun 18;330(7505):1440-1.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7505.1440.

Aspirin for everyone older than 50? For

Peter Elwood  1 , Gareth Morgan, Ginevra Brown, Janet Pickering
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Review

Aspirin for everyone older than 50? For

Peter Elwood et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Current population screening for vascular disease is neither efficient nor effective. Peter Elwood and colleagues believe we should have a public information strategy highlighting the benefits (and risks) of aspirin for older people, but Colin Baigent argues that the evidence of benefit is not yet strong enough

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