Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 60, Issue 6 , Pages 567-571 , June 2007

Sudden unexplained death during sleep occurred commonly in the general population in the Philippines: a sub study of the National Nutrition and Health Survey

,Accepted 9 October 2006.

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PII: S0895-4356(06)00408-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.10.003

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 60, Issue 6 , Pages 567-571 , June 2007

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