MISUSAGE OF STATISTICS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH

Year 2007, Volume: 4 Issue: 3, 128 - 134, 01.09.2007

İlker Ercan Berna Yazıcı Yaning Yang Guven Özkaya Sengul Cangur Bulent Ediz İsmet Kan

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MISUSAGE OF STATISTICS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH

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