The legend of the P value

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1454-1456

  Kain, Zeev N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27444436311     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000181331.59738.66     Document Type: Editorial

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