Risk Factors for Disease Risk Factors and Attributable Risk Calculations: Are There Mathematical Limits?
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Epidemiology Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1874-2971
DOI: 10.2174/1874297101003010001