Mortality and β-agonists, or the Risk of Statistical Inference

Domingo Ribas, Christian

doi:10.1016/S1579-2129(07)60085-8

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Correspondence: Dr. C. Domingo Ribas. Servicio de Neumología. Corporació Parc Taulí. Parc Taulí, s/n. 08208 Sabadell. Barcelona. España

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