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  1. Madeleine Bruins Slot1,
  2. Frans Rutten1,
  3. Hans Reitsma2,
  4. Geert van der Heijden1,
  5. Arno W Hoes1
  1. 1University Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht, the Netherlands
  2. 2Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Amsterdam, AMC, the Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Madeleine Bruins Slot, University Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Center, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, the Netherlands; m.h.e.bruinsslot{at}umcutrecht.nl

https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2011.223412

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