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All-cause mortality as an outcome in epidemiologic studies: proceed with caution

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This work was supported in part by grant # K05CA092002 from the US National Cancer Institute. The author would like to thank Amanda Phipps, Ph.D. and Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Ph.D. for comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript.

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Weiss, N.S. All-cause mortality as an outcome in epidemiologic studies: proceed with caution. Eur J Epidemiol 29, 147–149 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-014-9899-y

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