Cause-specific mortality trends in The Netherlands, 1875-1992: a formal analysis of the epidemiologic transition.

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on August 01, 1997

Authors

J H Wolleswinkel-van den Bosch1, C W Looman, F W Van Poppel, J P Mackenbach

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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