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- 269
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- 5221
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- 164-169
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Gary Taubes
(1995).
Epidemiology Faces Its Limits.
Science
, 269
(5221)
, 164-169.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7618077
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- DOI
- 10.1126/science.7618077