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Review
. 2003 Sep 13;327(7415):616-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7415.616.

Teleoanalysis: combining data from different types of study

Nicholas J Wald  1 , Joan K Morris
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Review

Teleoanalysis: combining data from different types of study

Nicholas J Wald et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Teleoanalysis can provide the answer to questions that would be obtained from studies that have not been done and often, for ethical and financial reasons, could never be done

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Figure 1
Teleoanalysis can provide the answer to public health problems such as the most effective dose of folic acid to prevent fetal neural tube defects Credit: FAYE NORMAN/SPL
Figure 2
Figure 2
Teleoanalysis to estimate the effect of taking folic acid on risk of fetal neural tube defects
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