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Silverman, D.T., Attfield, M.D., Blair, A.E. et al. Re: “The hidden impact of a healthy-worker effect on the results of the Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study”. Eur J Epidemiol 31, 805–806 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-016-0188-9
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