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. 2005 Apr;365(9468):1434-7.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66380-5.

Time and chance: the stochastic nature of disease causation

D I W Coggon¹, C N Martyn

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PMID: 15836893
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66380-5

Time and chance: the stochastic nature of disease causation

D I W Coggon et al. Lancet. 2005 Apr.

. 2005 Apr;365(9468):1434-7.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66380-5.

Authors

D I W Coggon¹, C N Martyn

Affiliation

¹ Medical Research Council Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.

PMID: 15836893
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66380-5

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Is disease causation random?
Karthikeyan G. Karthikeyan G. Lancet. 2005 Jul 2-8;366(9479):25-6. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66819-5. Lancet. 2005. PMID: 15993224 No abstract available.

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