About the Authors
- Gavin M. Rudge
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* E-mail: g.rudge@bham.ac.uk
Affiliation School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Mohammed A. Mohammed
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Affiliation University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom
- Sally C. Fillingham
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Affiliation School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Alan Girling
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Affiliation School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Khesh Sidhu
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Affiliation Welsh Health Specialised Services Team, Caerphilly, Wales, United Kingdom
- Andrew J. Stevens
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Affiliation School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GR MAM. Performed the experiments: GR MAM. Analyzed the data: GR SF MAM. Wrote the paper: GR MAM AJS. Undertook data processing cleaning and verification, data linkage and some GIS work: SF. Provided methodological steering and specialist statistical advice and comments on the final draft: AG. Provided raw data and comments on the final draft: KS.