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Sex differences in risk factors for coronary heart disease: a study in a Brazilian population

BACKGROUND: In Brazil coronary heart disease (CHD) constitutes the most important cause of death in both sexes in all the regions of the country and interestingly, the difference between the sexes in the CHD mortality rates is one of the smallest in the world because of high rates among women. Since...

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Autores principales: Castanho, Vera S, Oliveira, Letícia S, Pinheiro, Hildete P, Oliveira, Helena CF, de Faria, Eliana C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC31435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11305930
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-1-3