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. 2000 Oct 7;321(7265):897.

Life is as much a pain as it ever was

G J Macfarlane, J McBeth, A Garrow, A J Silman
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Life is as much a pain as it ever was

G J Macfarlane et al. BMJ. .

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  • BMJ 2000 Nov 25;321(7272):1331
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