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This is the published version of a chapter published in Health and Social Change: Disease, health and public care in the Sundsvall district 1750-1950.
Citation for the original published chapter:
Broström, G. (1993)
Event History Analysis and Historical Demography
In: Anders Brändström and Lars-Göran Tedebrand (ed.), Health and Social Change:
Disease, health and public care in the Sundsvall district 1750-1950 (pp. 15-24). Umeå:
Umeå universitet
N.B. When citing this work, cite the original published chapter.
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