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. 2005 Sep;15(5):194-6.
doi: 10.2188/jea.15.194.

Rapid increase in estimated number of persons with atrial fibrillation in Japan: an analysis from national surveys on cardiovascular diseases in 1980, 1990 and 2000

Masaki Ohsawa  1 , Akira Okayama, Kiyomi Sakata, Karen Kato, Kazuyoshi Itai, Toshiyuki Onoda, Hirotsugu Ueshima
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Rapid increase in estimated number of persons with atrial fibrillation in Japan: an analysis from national surveys on cardiovascular diseases in 1980, 1990 and 2000

Masaki Ohsawa et al. J Epidemiol. 2005 Sep.
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