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Review
. 1998 Aug 8;317(7155):409-10.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7155.409.

Generalisation and extrapolation

D G Altman  1 , J M Bland
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Review

Generalisation and extrapolation

D G Altman et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Fetal biparietal diameter (on log scale) in relation to gestational age with quadratic (solid line) and cubic (broken line) regression models fitted to data from only those fetuses less than 30 weeks’ gestation (n=119)
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