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By Mayo Clinic staff

References
  1. Third report of the expert panel on detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults (adult treatment panel III). The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol. Accessed Nov. 16, 2008.
  2. 2004 Surgeon General's report — The health consequences of smoking: Within 20 minutes of quitting. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_2004/posters/20mins.htm. Accessed Nov. 16, 2008.
  3. The health consequences of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke: A report of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/factsheets/factsheet6.html. Accessed Nov. 16, 2008.
  4. Preventive services for adults. Bloomington, Minn.: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement. http://www.icsi.org/preventive_services_for_adults/preventive_services_for_adults_4.html. Accessed Oct. 24, 2008.
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