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Author's response: What characteristics of primary care and patients are associated with early death in patients with lung cancer in the UK?
  1. Emma L O'Dowd1,
  2. Tricia M McKeever1,
  3. David R Baldwin2,
  4. Sadia Anwar2,
  5. Helen A Powell1,
  6. Jack E Gibson1,
  7. Barbara Iyen-Omofoman2,
  8. Richard B Hubbard1
  1. 1Division of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
  2. 2Department of Respiratory Medicine, David Evans Building, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Emma O'Dowd, Division of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Nottingham, Room C100, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City Campus, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK; emma.o'dowd@nottingham.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206638

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