A propensity score-matched cohort study of the effect of statins, mainly fluvastatin, on the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction
- 1 December 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Cardiology
- Vol. 92 (12) , 1447-1451
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.08.057
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