Understanding confidence intervals

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-211

  Cadeddu, Margherita ^a   Farrokhyar, Forough ^a   Levis, Carolyn ^a   Cornacchi, Sylvie ^a   Haines, Ted ^a   Thoma, Achilleas ^a   Bhandari, M ^b   Cadeddu M , ^b   Cornacchi, S ^b   Farrokhyar, F ^b   Goldsmith, C H ^b   Haines, T ^b   Hansebout, R ^b   Jaeschke, R ^b   Levis, C ^b   Lovrics, P ^b   Simunovic, M ^b   Tandan, V ^b   Thoma, A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 84863610939     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.010211     Document Type: Article

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