Data dredging, bias, or confounding

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7378, 2002, Pages 1437-1438

  Davey Smith, George ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

EID: 0037153701     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7378.1437     Document Type: Editorial

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