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Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 4. Assessing heterogeneity of primary studies in systematic reviews and whether to combine their results
Rose Hatala, Sheri Keitz, Peter Wyer, Gordon Guyatt and ; for The Evidence-Based Medicine Teaching Tips Working Group
CMAJ March 01, 2005 172 (5) 661-665; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1031920
Rose Hatala
Sheri Keitz
Peter Wyer
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