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New methods for generalizability and transportability: the new norm

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This work was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health.

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  1. Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Sunni L. Mumford & Enrique F. Schisterman

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Mumford, S.L., Schisterman, E.F. New methods for generalizability and transportability: the new norm. Eur J Epidemiol 34, 723–724 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-019-00532-3

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