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Review
. 2020 Mar;113(3):119-122.
doi: 10.1177/0141076820908496.

Doug Altman's prescience in recognising the need to reduce biases before tackling imprecision in systematic reviews

Iain Chalmers  1
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Review

Doug Altman's prescience in recognising the need to reduce biases before tackling imprecision in systematic reviews

Iain Chalmers. J R Soc Med. 2020 Mar.
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