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Death of siblings in childhood and subsequent mortality: prospective observational study

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  1. MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU), School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PR, UK

    George Davey Smith

  2. School of Population Health and Sansom Institute of Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

    Elina Hyppönen & Max Moldovan

  3. South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia

    Elina Hyppönen

  4. Population, Policy and Practice, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, UK

    Elina Hyppönen & Chris Power

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Davey Smith, G., Hyppönen, E., Moldovan, M. et al. Death of siblings in childhood and subsequent mortality: prospective observational study. Eur J Epidemiol 29, 859–861 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-014-9962-8

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