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. 2008 Sep 9;179(6):549-53.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.080484.

The "number needed to treat" turns 20--and continues to be used and misused

Finlay A McAlister  1
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The "number needed to treat" turns 20--and continues to be used and misused

Finlay A McAlister. CMAJ. .
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