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Published in J Med Internet Res on September 24, 2004

Authors

Pam Leece1, Mohit Bhandari, Sheila Sprague, Marc F Swiontkowski, Emil H Schemitsch, Paul Tornetta, P J Devereaux, Gordon H Guyatt

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

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