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BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7887, 2012, Pages

  Sedgwick, Philip ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84871149329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e8335     Document Type: Note

References (5)

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2. Sedgwick P, Marston L. Relative risks. BMJ 2010;341:c3983.
3. Sedgwick P. Absolute and relative risks. BMJ 2012;345:e5613.
4. Sedgwick P. Confidence intervals and statistical significance: rules of thumb. BMJ 2012;345:e4960.
5. Sedgwick P. Meta-analyses: tests of heterogeneity. BMJ 2012;344:e3971.