ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2014
Ecological studies: use with caution.
Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.
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