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The Nonhuman Primates as Models for Studying Human Atherosclerosis: Studies on the Chimpanzee, the Baboon and the Rhesus Macacus

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Atherosclerosis Drug Discovery

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This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md (USA), Public Health Service Grant no HE9969, the World Health Organization, the NFGWO (Belgium) Grants no 1153, 1206, the Franqui Foundation and the RUCA-ZOO (Antwerpen).

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Blaton, V., Peeters, H. (1976). The Nonhuman Primates as Models for Studying Human Atherosclerosis: Studies on the Chimpanzee, the Baboon and the Rhesus Macacus. In: Day, C.E. (eds) Atherosclerosis Drug Discovery. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 67. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4618-7_2

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