Statistical reviewing for medical journals

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 2661-2674

  Altman, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLISHING; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032534738     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19981215)17:23<2661::AID-SIM33>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Review

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