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. 1989 Sep;79(9):1303–1304. doi: 10.2105/ajph.79.9.1303

Mathematical models and scientific reality in occurrence rates for disease.

A R Feinstein ¹, C K Chan ¹, J M Esdaile ¹, R I Horwitz ¹, M J McFarlane ¹, C K Wells ¹

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