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Original Articles

Inference Problems in the Analysis of the Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Coronary Heart Disease

Pages 2275-2282 | Received 21 Oct 2011, Accepted 17 Dec 2012, Published online: 12 Jun 2014

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