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Comment
. 2011 Mar;117(3):729.
doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31820cd18a.

Epidemiologic research using administrative databases: garbage in, garbage out

Karen W Hoover  1 , Guoyu Tao, Charlotte K Kent, Sevgi O Aral
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Epidemiologic research using administrative databases: garbage in, garbage out

Karen W Hoover et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Mar.
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