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. 1992 May;67(5):341–342. doi: 10.1136/hrt.67.5.341

Coronary heart disease in Indians, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis: aetiology and possibilities for prevention.

P M McKeigue
PMCID: PMC1024851  PMID: 1389723

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