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The epidemiological approach to aetiopathogenetic problems, i.e. the study of pathological phenomena in population groups, proved to be extremely fruitful for some diseases. A classical example is coronary heart disease.
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Ricci, G., the GREPCO Group. (1984). The GREPCO research programmes: aims and prevalence data. In: Capocaccia, L., Ricci, G., Angelico, F., Angelico, M., Attili, A.F. (eds) Epidemiology and Prevention of Gallstone Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5606-3_3
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