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Review
. 2018 Jun;41(3):82-85.
doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2018.017. Epub 2018 Jun 1.

Observational studies and their utility for practice

Julia Fm Gilmartin-Thomas  1 , Danny Liew  2 , Ingrid Hopper  2
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Review

Observational studies and their utility for practice

Julia Fm Gilmartin-Thomas et al. Aust Prescr. 2018 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: clinical registries; clinical trials; observational studies.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: Julia Gilmartin-Thomas is a Dementia research development fellow with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) - Australian Research Council (ARC). Ingrid Hopper is supported by an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship.

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