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Chemical accident at Hoechst AG Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 1993: a 15 year follow-up analysis of mortality

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  1. Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center Mainz, Obere Zahlbacher Straße 69, 55131, Mainz, Germany

    Veronika Weyer & Maria Blettner

  2. Kantar Health GmbH, Munich, Germany

    Constanze Cholmakow-Bodechtel

  3. Public Health Department of the City of Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt, Germany

    Ursel Heudorf

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Weyer, V., Blettner, M., Cholmakow-Bodechtel, C. et al. Chemical accident at Hoechst AG Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 1993: a 15 year follow-up analysis of mortality. Eur J Epidemiol 29, 73–76 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-013-9870-3

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