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. 2017 May 2;114(18):E3588-E3589.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1703851114. Epub 2017 Apr 6.

Reply to Shanks and Brundage: Many plausible mechanisms of pandemic mortality disparities

Kyra H Grantz  1   2 , Madhura S Rane  3 , Henrik Salje  4   5 , Gregory E Glass  2   6 , Stephen E Schachterle  7 , Derek A T Cummings  8   2   4
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Reply to Shanks and Brundage: Many plausible mechanisms of pandemic mortality disparities

Kyra H Grantz et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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