Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages 365-369 , April 1999

What Can Clinicians Contribute to Mutual Challenges in Medical Statistics?1

  • Alvan R Feinstein

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Alvan R. Feinstein, M.D., Sterling Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 208025, New Haven, CT 06520-8025

,Accepted 20 November 1998.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages 365-369 , April 1999

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