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The Mayo Lung Project lung cancer mortality findings are unlikely to be biased by a volunteer effect

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  1. Division of Cancer Prevention, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7354, USA

    Pamela M. Marcus

  2. Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Eric J. Bergstralh

  3. National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD , 20852, USA

    Barnett S. Kramer

  4. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Robert Fontana

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Marcus, P.M., Bergstralh, E.J., Kramer, B.S. et al. The Mayo Lung Project lung cancer mortality findings are unlikely to be biased by a volunteer effect. Eur J Epidemiol 26, 503–504 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-011-9580-7

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