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Summing up evidence: one answer is not always enough

Lau, Joseph, Ioannidis, John PA, Schmid, Christopher H·1998·The Lancet
DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(97)08468-7
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Authors
Lau, J., Ioannidis, J. P., & Schmid, C. H.
Venue
The Lancet
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1998-01
Volume
351
Issue
9096
Pages
123-127
ISSN
  • 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
  • 0140-6736
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(97)08468-7
OpenAlex
W2018152980
Cited by
655
References
9
FWCI
50.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)

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