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Comment
. 2006 Jun;61(6):548; author reply 548-9.

Effect of dichotomising age in multivariate model analysis

A M Yohannes, M J Connolly
Comment

Effect of dichotomising age in multivariate model analysis

A M Yohannes et al. Thorax. 2006 Jun.
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