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. 1988 May 7;296(6632):1313–1316. doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6632.1313

Statistics in Medicine: Calculating confidence intervals for relative risks (odds ratios) and standardised ratios and rates

Julie A Morris, Martin J Gardner
PMCID: PMC2545775  PMID: 3133061

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