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Never plan a population based cohort study on a rainy Friday after a sunny Thursday

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  1. LIFE Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases, University of Leipzig, Philipp-Rosenthalstrasse 27, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Tillmann Wallborn, Nico Grafe, Mirja Quante, Mandy Geserick, Nora Casprzig, Juliane Ludwig, Andreas Hiemisch & Wieland Kiess

  2. Department of Women and Child Health, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 20a, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Tillmann Wallborn, Mirja Quante, Andreas Hiemisch & Wieland Kiess

  3. Centre for Pediatric Research (CPL), University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 20a, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Tillmann Wallborn, Nico Grafe, Mirja Quante, Mandy Geserick, Nora Casprzig, Juliane Ludwig, Andreas Hiemisch & Wieland Kiess

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Wallborn, T., Grafe, N., Quante, M. et al. Never plan a population based cohort study on a rainy Friday after a sunny Thursday. Eur J Epidemiol 28, 285–286 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-013-9774-2

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