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Original Article

Inbreeding effects on prereproductive mortality: a case-control study in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (Québec, Canada) based on a population registry 1838–1971

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Pages 535-543 | Received 01 Nov 1992, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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