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. 1988 May;127(5):893-904.

doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114892.

The ecological fallacy

S Piantadosi¹, D P Byar, S B Green

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PMID: 3282433
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114892

Review

The ecological fallacy

S Piantadosi et al. Am J Epidemiol. 1988 May.

. 1988 May;127(5):893-904.

doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114892.

Authors

S Piantadosi¹, D P Byar, S B Green

Affiliation

¹ Biometry Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD.

PMID: 3282433
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114892

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