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- 2011
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- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 4-5
- Pages
- 225-228
- Citations
- 99
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- Closed
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Sander Greenland
(2011).
Null misinterpretation in statistical testing and its impact on health risk assessment.
Preventive Medicine
, 53
(4-5)
, 225-228.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.08.010
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- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.08.010
- PMID
- 21871481