Rationale and design of a secondary prevention trial of lowering normal plasma cholesterol levels after acute myocardial infarction: The cholesterol...

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Year: 1991
Type: article
Volume: 68
Issue: 15
Pages: 1436-1446
Citations: 125
Access: Closed

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                                    Frank M. Sacks, 
                                
                                    Marc A. Pfeffer, 
                                
                                    Lemuel A. Moyé
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1991). 
                            Rationale and design of a secondary prevention trial of lowering normal plasma cholesterol levels after acute myocardial infarction: The cholesterol and recurrent events trial (CARE). 
                            The American Journal of Cardiology
                            , 68
                            (15)
                            , 1436-1446.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9149(91)90276-q
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(91)90276-q