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Cancer Survival in Sweden 1960–1998
Developments Across Four Decades

Mats Talbäck Centre for Epidemiology, Radiumhemmet, The National Board of Health and Welfare, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
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Magnus Stenbeck Centre for Epidemiology, Radiumhemmet, The National Board of Health and Welfare, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
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Måns Rosén Centre for Epidemiology, Radiumhemmet, The National Board of Health and Welfare, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
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Lotti Barlow Centre for Epidemiology, Radiumhemmet, The National Board of Health and Welfare, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
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Bengt Glimelius Centre for Epidemiology, Radiumhemmet, The National Board of Health and Welfare, Karolinska Institute, StockholmCorrespondenceE-mail: [email protected]
Pages 637-659 | Received 18 Nov 2002, Accepted 03 Jun 2003, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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