Comparison of relative risks obtained in ecological and individual studies: some methodological considerations.

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• Publication year

  1987

• Venue

  International Journal of Epidemiology

• Publication date

  1987-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/IJE/16.1.111PMID 3570609
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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