All-cause and cardiovascular mortality among ethnic German immigrants from the Former Soviet Union: a cohort study.

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Published in BMC Public Health on January 26, 2006

Authors

Ulrich Ronellenfitsch1, Catherine Kyobutungi, Heiko Becher, Oliver Razum

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital of Heidelberg, INF 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. ulrich.ronellenfitsch@urz.uni-heidelberg.de

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