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Editorial
. 2015 Sep;123(3):504-6.
doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000745.

Continuous variable transformation in anesthesia: useful clinical shorthand, but threat to research

Olubukola O Nafiu  1 , Brenda W Gillespie, Alex Tsodikov
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Editorial

Continuous variable transformation in anesthesia: useful clinical shorthand, but threat to research

Olubukola O Nafiu et al. Anesthesiology. 2015 Sep.
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