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Differences in risk factors for acute coronary syndromes between men and women

Neslihan KurtulmusDepartment of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey.Correspondence[email protected]
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Serap BosDepartment of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey.
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Senem ArslanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey.
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Tulin KurtDepartment of Cardiology, Educational and Research Hospital of Vakif Gureba, Turkey.
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Tufan TukekDepartment of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey.
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Nurhan InceDepartment of Public Health, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey.
Pages 251-255 | Received 22 Aug 2006, Accepted 27 Feb 2007, Published online: 23 May 2017

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