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Letter to the editor

Response to letter to the editor: Bradford Hill and breast implant illness: evidence for a causal association with breast implants

Jan Willem Cohen TervaertDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Charmaine van EedenDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Mohammed OsmanDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Pages 777-778 | Received 26 May 2022, Accepted 13 Jun 2022, Published online: 24 Jun 2022

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