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  1. Jackie A Cassell
  1. Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer, Brighton, UK
  1. Correspondence to Profosser Jackie A Cassell, Professor of Primary Care Epidemiology, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Lewes, East Sussex BN1 9PH, UK; jackiecassell{at}googlemail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053429

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