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Comment
. 2018 Jun;18(3):268.
doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.18-3-268.

Flu-related absence, a small proportion of all-cause sickness absence

Frank O'Reilly  1 , Peter Noone  2
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Flu-related absence, a small proportion of all-cause sickness absence

Frank O'Reilly et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2018 Jun.
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    Pereira M, Williams S, Restrick L, Cullinan P, Hopkinson NS. Pereira M, et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2018 Jun;18(3):268-269. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.18-3-268a. Clin Med (Lond). 2018. PMID: 29858447 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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