Believability of relative risks and odds ratios in abstracts: cross sectional study.

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Published in BMJ on July 19, 2006

Authors

Peter C Gøtzsche1

Author Affiliations

1: Nordic Cochrane Centre, H:S Rigshospitalet, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark,. pcg@cochrane.dk

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