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- 2006
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- article
- Volume
- 151
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 969-975
- Citations
- 47
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Peter C. Austin,
Muhammad Mamdani,
David N. Juurlink
et al.
(2006).
Missed opportunities in the secondary prevention of myocardial infarction: An assessment of the effects of statin underprescribing on mortality.
American Heart Journal
, 151
(5)
, 969-975.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2005.06.034
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- 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.06.034