Statistical reporting in Chinese biomedical journals

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9681, 2009, Pages 2091-2093

  He, Jia ^a   Jin, Zhichao ^a   Yu, Danghui ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CHINESE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67149095001     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60867-9     Document Type: Note

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