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Commentary | December 10/24, 2001

The Real Contribution of the Major Risk Factors to the Coronary Epidemics: Time to End the "Only-50%" Myth

Paul Magnus, MB, BS; Robert Beaglehole, MD, DSc, FRSNZ

Arch Intern Med. 2001;161(22):2657-2660. doi:10.1001/archinte.161.22.2657.

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