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Every year coronary heart disease (CHD) claims more than 500000 lives in the USA alone. In most of the western countries, CHD is after cancer the main cause of death.
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Stehle, G. et al. (1987). Blood Lipid Patterns of a Healthy Japanese Population. In: Coronary Risk Factors in Japan and China. Veröffentlichungen aus der Geomedizinischen Forschungsstelle der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, vol 1987/88 / 1987/1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82987-1_1
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