Considerable uncertainty remains in the evidence for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease

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Editorial

Carl Heneghan. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011.

. 2011 Jan 14;2011(8):ED000017.

doi: 10.1002/14651858.ED000017.

¹ Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine & Dept of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford.

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Comment in

Considerable uncertainty remains in the evidence for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Vos E. Vos E. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Jan 14;(8):ED000018. doi: 10.1002/14651858.ED000018. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011. PMID: 21833977 No abstract available.

Multiple risk factor interventions for primary prevention of coronary heart disease.
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