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Björk, S., Althin, R. (2005). Health states considered worse than ‘being dead’. In: Kind, P., Brooks, R., Rabin, R. (eds) EQ-5D concepts and methods: A developmental history. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3712-0_15
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