Cystic fibrosis mortality in England and Wales and in Victoria, Australia 1976-80
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Cystic fibrosis mortality in England and Wales and in Victoria, Australia 1976-80
Abstract
Mortality from cystic fibrosis throughout childhood is more than twice as high in England and Wales than it is in the State of Victoria, Australia. Possible reasons for this difference are reviewed.
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