From effect size into number needed to treat

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The Number Needed to Treat for Music as a Medicine against Perioperative Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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International law’s effects on health and its social determinants: protocol for a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression analysis

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The Effects of Psychological Treatment of Maternal Depression on Children and Parental Functioning: A Meta-analysis

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Was ist die Number needed to treat (NNT)?

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