Observational Studies Analyzed Like Randomized Experiments: An Application to Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Coronary Heart Disease

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  2008

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  Epidemiology

• Publication date

  2008-11-01

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181875e61PMID 18854702PMCID PMC3731075
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