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2004 • 803 citations

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2001 • 495 citations

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2001 • 252 citations

Alcohol and mortality among young men: longitudinal study of Swedish conscripts

1988 • 231 citations

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2003 • 229 citations

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2003 • 184 citations

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2004 • 162 citations

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2002 • 153 citations

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2000 • 152 citations

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2004 • 130 citations

Ultimate validity of psychological tests

1992 • 110 citations

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1999 • 104 citations

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2001 • 72 citations

How far are socioeconomic differences in coronary heart disease hospitalization, all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality among adult Swedish males attributable to negative childhood circumstances and behaviour in adolescence?

2004 • 68 citations

Explanations of social class differences in alcoholism among young men

1998 • 55 citations

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2002 • 49 citations

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