T Greenhalgh - British Medical Journal, 1997 - bmj.com As medicine leans increasingly on mathematics no clinician can afford to leave the statistical
aspects of a paper to the "experts." If you are numerate, try the "Basic Statistics for Clinicians"
series in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1 2 3 4 or a more mainstream ... Cited by 785 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 23 versions
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• Was the assignment of patients to treatments randomized? • Were all of the patients who entered
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rationale for such reviews is well established. Health care providers, researchers, and policy
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