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Case–control or cohort study?
  1. Tamhane Ashutosh,
  2. Gerald McGwin
  1. Department of Epidemiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
  1. Correspondence to Ashutosh Tamhane, 1665 University blvd, RPHB 514-A, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA; tamhane{at}uab.edu
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2011.203141

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