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Unmet Potential for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in the United States

Rob M. van Dam PhD^* and Walter C. Willett MD, DrPH

From the Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, and Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rvandam{at}hsph.havard.edu.

Key words: Editorials • cardiovascular diseases • prevention

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