Comparative lipid-lowering effects of policosanol and atorvastatin: A randomized, parallel, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
- 30 November 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in American Heart Journal
- Vol. 152 (5) , 982.e1-982.e5
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2006.08.009
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