Comparator Bias: Why Comparisons Must Address Genuine Uncertainties

Overview

Journal J R Soc Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2013 Jan 30

PMID 23358277

Citations 14

Authors

Howard Mann

Benjamin Djulbegovic

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