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EpidemiologyMedicineMeta-analysisTobacco smokeLung cancerEnvironmental healthClinical trialPublication biasClinical study designMEDLINEFamily medicinePathology
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Joseph L. Fleiss,
Alan J. Gross
(1991).
Meta-analysis in epidemiology, with special reference to studies of the association between exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer: A critique.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
, 44
(2)
, 127-139.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-4356(91)90261-7
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- 10.1016/0895-4356(91)90261-7