Correction: A methodological survey of the analysis, reporting and interpretation of Absolute Risk ReductiOn in systematic revieWs (ARROW): a study protocol
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Pablo Alonso-Coello, Alonso Carrasco-Labra, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Ignacio Neumann, Elie A Akl, Xin Sun, Bradley C Johnston, Matthias Briel, Jason W Busse, Demián Glujovsky, Carlos E Granados, Alfonso Iorio, Affan Irfan, Laura Martínez García, Reem A Mustafa, Anggie Ramirez-Morera, Iván Solà, Kari A O Tikkinen, Shanil Ebrahim, Per O Vandvik, Yuqing Zhang, Anna Selva, Andrea J Sanabria, Oscar E Zazueta, Robin W M Vernooij, Holger J Schünemann and Gordon H Guyatt
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A methodological survey of the analysis, reporting and interpretation of Absolute Risk ReductiOn in systematic revieWs (ARROW): a study protocol
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