Commentary: Back to the future with Sir Bradford Hill: statistical analysis with hospital-acquired infections.
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Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA, Iowa City Veterans Administration Health Care System, Iowa City, IA, USA and Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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عنوان ژورنال:
- International journal of epidemiology
دوره 42 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013