Thinking big: large-scale collaborative research in observational epidemiology.

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Published in Eur J Epidemiol on December 05, 2009

Authors

Alexander Thompson1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Wort's Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK. Alex.Thompson@phpc.cam.ac.uk

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