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The epidemiological evidence about diet, blood lipid levels and atherosclerosis involves population comparisons as well as information on individual risk within populations, and includes their changes over time.
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Blackburn, H. (1980). Diet-Lipid-Atherosclerosis Relationship: Epidemiological Evidence and Public Health Implications. In: Gotto, A.M., Smith, L.C., Allen, B. (eds) Atherosclerosis V. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6071-4_45
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