Atherosclerosis
Volume 148, Issue 1 , Pages 151-158 , January 2000

Lipoprotein correlates of LDL particle size

Received 19 February 1999 ,Revised 29 April 1999 ,Accepted 2 June 1999.

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Atherosclerosis
Volume 148, Issue 1 , Pages 151-158 , January 2000