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Original Article

Applicability of the 2013 ACC/AHA Risk Assessment and Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines in the real world: results from a multiethnic case-control study

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Pages 282-292 | Received 26 Dec 2015, Accepted 13 Mar 2016, Published online: 07 Apr 2016

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