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Editorial
. 2002 Dec 21;325(7378):1437-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7378.1437.

Data dredging, bias, or confounding

George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim
Editorial

Data dredging, bias, or confounding

George Davey Smith et al. BMJ. .
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