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The Northern Sweden MONICA project: concluding remarks

Medicine, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, UmeÅ University, UmeÅ, Sweden

Stig Wall

Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences, UmeÅ University, UmeÅ, Sweden, stig.wall{at}epiph.umu.se

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Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 31, No. 61 suppl, 78-84 (2003)
DOI: 10.1080/14034950310001351


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