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Marco Vecchiato, Andrea Ermolao, Marco Da Col, Andrea Aghi, Giampaolo Berton, Stefano Palermi, Francesca Battista, Sandro Savino, Jonathan Drezner, Alessandro Zorzi, Josef Niebauer, Daniel Neunhaeuserer:Mortality in male bodybuilding athletes. In: European Heart Journal. 20.Mai 2025, ISSN0195-668X, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf285 (oup.com[abgerufen am 30.Mai 2025]).
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