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References to studies included in this review

Austin 2008 {published data only}
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Austvoll‐Dahlgren 2010 {published data only}
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Babirye 2011 {published data only}
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Barbieri 2015 {published data only}
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Blaisdell 2016 {published data only}
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Bond 1998 {published data only}
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Bond 2011 {published data only}
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Brown 2012 {published data only}
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Brown 2014 {published data only}
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Brunson 2013 {published data only}
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Brunson 2015 {published data only}
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Delkhosh 2014 {published data only}
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Dube 2016 {published data only}
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Evans 2001 {published data only}
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Fadda 2015 {published data only}
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Figueiredo 2011 {published data only}
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Fowler 2007 {published data only}
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Guillaume 2004 {published data only}
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Gust 2008 {published data only}
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Harmsen 2012 {published data only}
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Harmsen 2015 {published data only}
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Henderson 2008 {published data only}
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Hilton 2007 {published data only}
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Hussain 2012 {published data only}
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Kitayama 2014 {published data only}
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Kowal 2015 {published data only}
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McMurray 2004 {published data only}
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Miller 2008 {published data only}
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Saada 2015 {published data only}
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Shui 2005 {published data only}
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Sobo 2016 {published data only}
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Tadesse 2009 {published data only}
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Tickner 2007 {published data only}
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Tomlinson 2013 {published data only}
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Topuzoğlu 2007 {published data only}
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Ahlers‐Schmidt 2013 {published data only}
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Ali 2009 {published data only}
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Ali 2010 {published data only}
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Attwell 2015 {published data only}
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Bazylevych 2011 {published data only}
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Bean 2013 {published data only}
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Brownlie 2006 {published data only}
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Canavati 2011 {published data only}
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