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. 1995 Aug;49(4):344–347. doi: 10.1136/jech.49.4.344

The use of family health services authority registers as a sampling frame in the UK: a review of theory and practice.

H R Roberts 1, L Rushton 1, K R Muir 1, R Dengler 1, C A Coupland 1, C M Jenkinson 1, A Ruffell 1, C E Chilvers 1
PMCID: PMC1060120  PMID: 7650456

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