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. 1999 Mar;80(3):210–211. doi: 10.1136/adc.80.3.210

Distinguishing between "no evidence of effect" and "evidence of no effect" in randomised controlled trials and other comparisons

W O TARNOW-MORDI 1, M HEALY 1
PMCID: PMC1717858  PMID: 10325697

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