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    1. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, 02115, Boston, MA, USA

      Yujia Lu, Yu Chen Zhao, Xinyi Li & Edward Giovannucci

    2. Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 02115, Boston, MA, USA

      Yuchen Liu

    3. Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, 02115, Boston, MA, USA

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    Lu, Y., Zhao, Y.C., Li, X. et al. Re: Zhao et al. Relationship between chocolate consumption and overall and cause-specific mortality, systematic review and updated meta-analysis. Eur J Epidemiol 37, 1285–1286 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-022-00928-8

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