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Brief Report

Physicians’ attitudes and adherence to use of risk scores for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: cross-sectional survey in three world regions

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Pages 1171-1178 | Accepted 25 Feb 2009, Published online: 26 Mar 2009

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