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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Secular trends in cardiovascular risk factors with a 36-year perspective: Observations from 38- and 50-year-olds in the Population Study of Women in Gothenburg

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Pages 140-146 | Received 29 May 2007, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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