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. 2021 Dec;47(12):1487-1489.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-021-06535-7. Epub 2021 Sep 21.

Quiet scandal: variable selection in three major intensive care medicine journals

Charles-Hervé Vacheron  1   2   3 , Arnaud Friggeri  4   5 , Bernard Allaouchiche  6   7   8 , Delphine Maucort-Boulch  9   10   11 , Esla Coz  9   10
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Quiet scandal: variable selection in three major intensive care medicine journals

Charles-Hervé Vacheron et al. Intensive Care Med. 2021 Dec.
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