The Asia Pacific cohort studies collaboration: A decade of achievements

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The Asia Pacific cohort studies collaboration: A decade of achievements

The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (APCSC) was established in the late 1990s when there was a distinct shortfall in evidence of the importance of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Asia. With few exceptions, most notably from Japan, most of the published reports on cardiovascular...

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Main Authors:	Woodward, M., Huxley, Rachel, Ueshima, H., Fang, X., Kim, H., Lam, T.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5676

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