Advancing current approaches to disease management evaluation: capitalizing on heterogeneity to understand what works and for whom
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Advancing current approaches to disease management evaluation: capitalizing on heterogeneity to understand what works and for whom
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Research Methodology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1471-2288
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-40