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Comment
. 2017 Jun;32(6):473-475.
doi: 10.1007/s10654-017-0293-4. Epub 2017 Aug 2.

Target trial emulation: teaching epidemiology and beyond

Jeremy A Labrecque  1 , Sonja A Swanson  2
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Target trial emulation: teaching epidemiology and beyond

Jeremy A Labrecque et al. Eur J Epidemiol. 2017 Jun.
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