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RISK FACTOR IN HEART DISEASE
Author(s) -
Clayton Mr
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb131290.x
Subject(s) - citation , factor (programming language) , computer science , medicine , library science , programming language
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