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Editorial
. 2007 Jul 21;335(7611):107-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.643090.47. Epub 2007 Jul 6.

Cardiovascular risk models

Editorial

Cardiovascular risk models

Luc Bonneux. BMJ. .

Abstract

The moral implications of models based on absolute risk need to be better understood

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