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FRÆÐIGREINAR / LAUNEISTAAÐGERÐIR
Þakkir
Sérstakar þakkir fyrir veitta aðstoð fær Albert K.
Imsland fyrir aðstoð við tölfræðiúrvinnslu og Jónas
Ragnarsson hjá Krabbameinsskrá KI.
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