The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 117, Issue 4 , Pages 274-276 , 15 August 2004

The decline in coronary heart disease: Determining the paternity of success

  • Lee Goldman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests should be addressed to Lee Goldman, MD, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Medicine, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0120, San Francisco, California 94143-0120.

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PII: S0002-9343(04)00368-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.06.003

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 117, Issue 4 , Pages 274-276 , 15 August 2004