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The Clinical Practice Research Data link (CPRD) is the UK Government’s preeminent research service providing anonymised NHS primary care and linked secondary data for retrospective and prospective research.
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Gallagher, A.M., Kousoulis, A.A., Williams, T., Valentine, J., Myles, P. (2021). Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). In: Sturkenboom, M., Schink, T. (eds) Databases for Pharmacoepidemiological Research. Springer Series on Epidemiology and Public Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51455-6_3
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