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Meta-analysis in epidemiology, with special reference to studies of the association between exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer: A critique
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fleiss, J. L., & Gross, A. J.
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1991-01
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 127-139
- ISSN
- 0895-4356 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1976411156
- Cited by
- 404
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 30.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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