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Evans I, Thornton H, Chalmers I, et al. Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare. 2nd edition. London: Pinter & Martin; 2011.
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- Goldacre Ben. Bad science. London: Harper Perennial; 2009.
- Furberg Bengt D, Furberg Curt D. Evaluating clinical research: all that glitters is not gold. 2. New York: Springer; 2007.
- Woloshin Steven, Schwartz Lisa, Welch Gilbert. Know your chances: understanding health statistics. Berkeley: University of California Press; 2008. Available free at www.jameslindlibrary.org.
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Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare. 2nd edition.
Evans I, Thornton H, Chalmers I, et al.
London: Pinter & Martin; 2011.
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