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Research Article

Season of birth, stillbirths, and neonatal mortality in Sweden: the Sami and non-Sami population, 1800–1899

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Article: 1629784 | Received 25 Mar 2019, Accepted 30 May 2019, Published online: 21 Jun 2019

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