Platelet Activity in Habitual Smokers

Thromb Haemost 1991; 66(06): 739
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646495

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

A Beswick

¹The Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit Llandough Hospital Penarth, South Glam, UK

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S Renaud

²The INSERM, Unité 63, Bron, France

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J W G Yarnell

¹The Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit Llandough Hospital Penarth, South Glam, UK

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P C Elwood

¹The Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit Llandough Hospital Penarth, South Glam, UK

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