Statistics: necessary and important

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 1-3

  Altman, Douglas G ^a  

^a MRC Clinical Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

EID: 0022568297     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1986.tb07802.x     Document Type: Note

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