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L Mosca - The New England journal of medicine, 2002 - nejm.highwire.org More than 20 years ago, 246 risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) had
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UN Das - Nutrition, 2003 - Elsevier South Asian Indians have a high incidence of metabolic syndrome X. This has been
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