Numbers needed to treat derived from meta-analyses--sometimes informative, usually misleading (Q33651245)

28 July 2017

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Numbers needed to treat derived from meta-analyses--sometimes informative, usually misleading (English)

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28 July 2017

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L Smeeth

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A Haines

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S Ebrahim

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English

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1 June 1999

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7197

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1548-1551

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DOI

10.1136/BMJ.318.7197.1548

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28 July 2017

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28 July 2017

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