The value of explicitly emulating a target trial when using real world evidence: an application to colorectal cancer screening

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  European Journal of Epidemiology

• Publication date

  2017-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1007/s10654-017-0287-2PMID 28748498PMCID PMC5759953
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