Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 211-216 , February 1996

Relationship between dietary intake and coronary heart disease mortality: Lipid Research Clinics Prevalence Follow-Up Study

  • Katja L. Esrey

      Affiliations

    • Centre for the Analysis of Cost-Effective Care, Canada
    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology of the Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Lawrence Joseph

      Affiliations

    • Centre for the Analysis of Cost-Effective Care, Canada
    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology of the Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Steven A. Grover

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr. Steven A. Grover, Centre for the Analysis of Cost-Effective Care, The Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1A4 Canada.
    • Centre for the Analysis of Cost-Effective Care, Canada
    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology of the Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Division of General Internal Medicine of the Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Dr. Grover is a research scholar supported by LeFonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec.

,Revised 28 March 1995

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☆ This study was supported in part by grants from the Dairy Bureau of Canada and the National Health Research and Development Program, Health and Welfare Canada.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 211-216 , February 1996

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