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International Journal of Epidemiology 2001;30:1491-1492
© International Epidemiological Association 2001

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Department of Geriatrics and Rehabilitation, Spital Bern Ziegler, Morillonstr. 75, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland. E-mail: andreas.stuck@spitalbern.ch

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