Evaluating the evidence about therapies: What the clinician needs to know about statistics

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-215

  Kennedy, Kathleen A ^a   Frankowski, Ralph F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038723384     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-5108(03)00020-4     Document Type: Review

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