Cochrane review on HPV vaccination is not misleading

Comment

Cynthia Farquhar. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2019 Apr.

. 2019 Apr;24(2):83-84.

doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111101. Epub 2018 Oct 15.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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