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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The epidemiology of motor neuron disease in Northern Ireland using capture-recapture methodology

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Pages 374-378 | Received 06 Jun 2009, Accepted 10 Jun 2009, Published online: 16 Jun 2010

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