Interpretation and Uses of Medical Statistics: Fifth Edition

Interpretation and Uses of Medical Statistics: Fifth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-568

  Daly, Leslie E ^a   Bourke, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FORMAL TRAINING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; P-VALUES; SAMPLE SIZES; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; USER FRIENDLY;

STATISTICS;

EID: 84948073424     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696750     Document Type: Book

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