The PROGRESS Trial Three Years Later: Time for a Balanced Report of Effectiveness

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2004 Oct 23

PMID 15499116

Citations 13

Authors

Richard Wennberg

Camilla Zimmermann

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