The relative merits of risk ratios and odds ratios.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

• Publication date

  2009-05-04

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.31PMID 19414690
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