Implementation and limitations of meta-analysis of randomized trials from the clinical biostatistician’s point of view
✍ Scribed by Junichi Sakamoto
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 176 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1341-9625
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