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13 - Statistics and epidemiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2017

Edited by
Alison Fiander  and
Baskaran Thilaganathan
Alison Fiander
Affiliation:
Cardiff University
Baskaran Thilaganathan
Affiliation:
St George’s University London
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MRCOG Part One
Your Essential Revision Guide
 , pp. 463 - 508
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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