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Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Volume 26, 2008 - Issue 3
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The additional value of routine electrocardiograms in cardiovascular risk management of older people

The Leiden 85-plus Study: An observational, prospective cohort study

Wouter De Ruijter Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, V0-P, Leiden, the NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Willem J.J. Assendelft Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, V0-P, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Peter W. Macfarlane Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Section of Cardiology, Royal Infirmary, University of Glasgow, Level 4 QEB, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Rudi G.J. Westendorp Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, CI-R, Netherlands
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Jacobijn Gussekloo Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, V0-P, Leiden, the Netherlands
Pages 147-153 | Received 08 Dec 2007, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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