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@string{bioj = {Biometrical J.}}
@string{biok = {Biometrika}}
@string{biom = {Biometrics}}
@string{commstata = {Comm. Stat. Theory Methods}}
@string{jap = {J. Applied Probability}}
@string{jasa = {J. Amer. Stat. Assoc.}}
@string{jrssa= {J. Royal Stat. Soc. A}}
@string{jrssb= {J. Royal Stat. Soc. B}}
@string{jrssc= {J. Royal Stat. Soc. C}}
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@string{lifetime = {Lifetime Data Analysis}}
@string{NEJM = {New England J. Medicine}}
@string{scand = {Scandinavian J. Stat.}}
@string{statmed= {Stat. in Medicine}}
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