National trends in risk factors for cardiovascular disease in germany

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 197-205

  Hoffmeister, H ^a   Mensink, G B M ^a   Stolzenberg, H ^a  

^a Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology of the Federal Health Office ^*  (Germany)

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EID: 0028226250     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1994.1027     Document Type: Article

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