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Very Low Prevalence and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation among Bolivian Forager-Farmers

Annals of Global Health
Volume 87 (2021): Issue 1
By: Christopher J. Rowan,  Michael A. Eskander,  Edmond Seabright,  Daniel Eid Rodriguez,  Edhitt Cortez Linares,  Raul Quispe Gutierrez,  Juan Copajira Adrian,  Daniel Cummings,  Bret Beheim,  Kirsten Tolstrup,  Abinash Achrekar,  Thomas Kraft,  David E. Michalik,  Michael I. Miyamoto,  Adel H. Allam,  L. Samuel Wann,  Jagat Narula,  Benjamin C. Trumble,  Jonathan Stieglitz,  Randall C. Thompson,  Gregory S. Thomas,  Hillard S. Kaplan and  Michael D. Gurven  
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|Feb 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3252 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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