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Relative Measures of Association for Binary Outcomes: Challenges and Recommendations for the Global Health Researcher

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|Nov 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2581 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Published on: Nov 20, 2019
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