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- 2004
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 363
- Issue
- 9422
- Pages
- 1728-1731
- Citations
- 526
- Access
- Closed
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Jan P. Vandenbroucke
(2004).
When are observational studies as credible as randomised trials?.
The Lancet
, 363
(9422)
, 1728-1731.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(04)16261-2
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- DOI
- 10.1016/s0140-6736(04)16261-2