Quantitative Methods for Health Research: A Practical Interactive Guide to Epidemiology and Statistics

Quantitative Methods for Health Research: A Practical Interactive Guide to Epidemiology and Statistics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-538

  Bruce, Nigel ^a   Pope, Daniel ^a   Stanistreet, Debbi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1002/9780470725337     Document Type: Book

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