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Invited Review

Winter mortality and its causes

W. R. KeatingeMedical Sciences Building St. Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.Correspondence[email protected]
, PhD, FRCP
Pages 292-299 | Published online: 01 Dec 2002

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