Testing a tool for assessing the risk of bias for nonrandomized studies showed moderate reliability and promising validity.

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

• Publication date

  2013-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.09.016PMID 23337781
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