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Cardiovascular risk factors in a cohort of 30 000 high-risk men and women in the UK: cross-sectional, retrospective and prospective studies of screenees for the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT)

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  1. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Division of NHLI, Cardiovascular Studies Unit (CVSU), Imperial College School of Medicine, St. Mary’s Hospital, London, W2 1PG, UK

    JN Chapman, P Kirby & NR Poulter

  2. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, St. Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK

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Chapman, J., Kirby, P., Caulfield, M. et al. Cardiovascular risk factors in a cohort of 30 000 high-risk men and women in the UK: cross-sectional, retrospective and prospective studies of screenees for the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT). J Hum Hypertens 15 (Suppl 1), S23–S26 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001078

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