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Vol. 43. Issue 7.
Pages 355-357 (January 2007)
Vol. 43. Issue 7.
Pages 355-357 (January 2007)
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Mortality and β-agonists, or the Risk of Statistical Inference
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Christian Domingo Ribas
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Correspondence: Dr. C. Domingo Ribas. Servicio de Neumología. Corporació Parc Taulí. Parc Taulí, s/n. 08208 Sabadell. Barcelona. España
Correspondence: Dr. C. Domingo Ribas. Servicio de Neumología. Corporació Parc Taulí. Parc Taulí, s/n. 08208 Sabadell. Barcelona. España
Servei de Pneumologia, Corporació Parc Taulí-Institut Universitari Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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