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. 2017 Jun 1;177(6):892.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.1086.

When to Adjust for Potentially Confounding Variables-Reply

Maki Inoue-Choi  1 , Neal D Freedman  1
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When to Adjust for Potentially Confounding Variables-Reply

Maki Inoue-Choi et al. JAMA Intern Med. .
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