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Undertreatment and overtreatment with statins: the Oslo Health Study 2000-2001.

S S Tonstad, E O EO Rosvold, K K Furu, and S S Skurtveit

J Intern Med 255(4):494-502 (2004) PMID 15049884

We examined the prevalence and factors associated with use of cholesterol-lowering statins in the population.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2004.01315.x
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