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  1. Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Alberta Health Services, Holy Cross Centre, 2210-2nd Street SW, Box ACB, Calgary, AB, T2S 3C3, Canada

    Lin Yang

  2. Preventive Oncology & Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Lin Yang

  3. Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, Vienna, Austria

    Lin Yang & Thomas Waldhoer

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Yang, L., Waldhoer, T. Re: The limits of small-for-gestational-age as a high-risk category. Eur J Epidemiol 37, 305–306 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-022-00845-w

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