Total cholesterol and risk of mortality in the oldest old

@article{WeverlingRijnsburger1997TotalCA,
  title={Total cholesterol and risk of mortality in the oldest old},
  author={Annelies W E Weverling-Rijnsburger and Gerard Jan Blauw and A. Margot Lagaay and Dick L Knock and Arend E. Meinders and Rudi G. J. Westendorp},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={1997},
  volume={350},
  pages={1119-1123}
}
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