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¹ Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK. Electronic address: celia.gregson@bristol.ac.uk.
² Department of Geriatrics, Division of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Science, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.
³ MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁴ Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵ Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe.
⁶ Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; Medical Research Council Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Cambridge, UK.

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Celia L Gregson et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 Jan.

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. 2019 Jan;7(1):e26-e27.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30412-1.

¹ Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK. Electronic address: celia.gregson@bristol.ac.uk.
² Department of Geriatrics, Division of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Science, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.
³ MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁴ Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵ Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe.
⁶ Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; Medical Research Council Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Cambridge, UK.

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