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Comment
. 2021 Jan;32(1):e2.
doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001258.

The Quest for Timely Insights into COVID-19 Should not Come at the Cost of Scientific Rigor

Peter W G Tennant  1 , Eleanor J Murray  2
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The Quest for Timely Insights into COVID-19 Should not Come at the Cost of Scientific Rigor

Peter W G Tennant et al. Epidemiology. 2021 Jan.
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  • The Authors Respond.
    Williamson E, Bhaskaran K, Walker A, Smeeth L, Goldacre B. Williamson E, et al. Epidemiology. 2021 Jan;32(1):e2-e3. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001260. Epidemiology. 2021. PMID: 33105269 No abstract available.

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  • Factors associated with COVID-19-related death using OpenSAFELY.
    Williamson EJ, Walker AJ, Bhaskaran K, Bacon S, Bates C, Morton CE, Curtis HJ, Mehrkar A, Evans D, Inglesby P, Cockburn J, McDonald HI, MacKenna B, Tomlinson L, Douglas IJ, Rentsch CT, Mathur R, Wong AYS, Grieve R, Harrison D, Forbes H, Schultze A, Croker R, Parry J, Hester F, Harper S, Perera R, Evans SJW, Smeeth L, Goldacre B. Williamson EJ, et al. Nature. 2020 Aug;584(7821):430-436. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2521-4. Epub 2020 Jul 8. Nature. 2020. PMID: 32640463 Free PMC article.

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