Medical statistics - No time for complacency

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-40

  Aalen, Odd O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HISTORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDICINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0034051964     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096228000671850673     Document Type: Review

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