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Risk Factors for Sudden Death in the General Population

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    Xavier Jouven & Pierre Ducimetière

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Jouven, X., Ducimetière, P. Risk Factors for Sudden Death in the General Population. Card Electrophysiol Rev 5, 369–372 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013215630871

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