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ACC/AHA Prevention Guideline

2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk

A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

David C. Goff, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, Glen Bennett, Sean Coady, Ralph B. D’Agostino, Raymond Gibbons, Philip Greenland, Daniel T. Lackland, Daniel Levy, Christopher J. O’Donnell, Jennifer Robinson, J. Sanford Schwartz, Susan T. Shero, Sidney C. Smith, Paul Sorlie, Neil J. Stone, Peter W.F. Wilson
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    David C. Goff, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, Glen Bennett, Sean Coady, Ralph B. D’Agostino, Raymond Gibbons, Philip Greenland, Daniel T. Lackland, Daniel Levy, Christopher J. O’Donnell, Jennifer Robinson, J. Sanford Schwartz, Susan T. Shero, Sidney C. Smith, Paul Sorlie, Neil J. Stone and Peter W.F. Wilson
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