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Urolithiasis in immigrant groups: a nationwide cohort study in Sweden

Per WändellDivision of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
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Axel C. CarlssonDivision of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden; View further author information
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Xinjun LiCenter for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; View further author information
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Danijela GasevicUsher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; ;School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; View further author information
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Jan SundquistCenter for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; ;Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; ;Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; ;Department of Functional Pathology, Center for Community-based Healthcare Research and Education (CoHRE), School of Medicine, Shimane University, Matsue, JapanView further author information
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Kristina SundquistCenter for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; ;Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; ;Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; ;Department of Functional Pathology, Center for Community-based Healthcare Research and Education (CoHRE), School of Medicine, Shimane University, Matsue, JapanView further author information
Pages 69-76 | Received 16 Jan 2019, Accepted 07 Mar 2019, Published online: 08 Apr 2019

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