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. 1997 Apr;51(2):134–137. doi: 10.1136/jech.51.2.134

Geographical and social class differentials in stroke mortality--the influence of early-life factors: comments on papers by Maheswaran and colleagues.

G D Smith 1, Y Ben-Shlomo 1
PMCID: PMC1060434  PMID: 9196641

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