Converting an odds ratio to a range of plausible relative risks for better communication of research findings

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  British medical journal

• Publication date

  2014-01-24

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1136/bmj.f7450PMID 24464277
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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