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Metadata
- Authors
- Thompson, S. G., & Pocock, S. J.
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1991-11
- Volume
- 338
- Issue
- 8775
- Pages
- 1127-1130
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2030269002
- Cited by
- 487
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 56.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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