Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 119-120 , February 2005

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data: a response to Eccle's criticism of the OFF theory of research utilization

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doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.10.003

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 119-120 , February 2005

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