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- Correspondence to Professor G J Macfarlane, Epidemiology Group, University of Aberdeen, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland AB25 2ZD, UK; g.j.macfarlane{at}abdn.ac.uk
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- Received April 15, 2016
- Revised June 10, 2016
- Accepted June 14, 2016
- First published July 4, 2016.
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