Users' guide to the surgical literature: How to assess power and sample size

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 476-482

  Cadeddu, Margherita O ^a,b   Farrokhyar, Forough ^b,c   Thoma, Achilleas ^a,b   Haines, Ted ^b   Garnett, Anna ^b   Goldsmith, Charles H ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

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EID: 57149111335     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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