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"Evidence based medicine is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients"
Full text PDF - Ried K. Interpreting and understanding meta-analysis graphs: a practical guide. Aust Fam Physician. 2006 Aug;35(8):635-8. PubMed PMID: 16894442.
Free series describing how to interpret results from a variety of study designs. Originally published in the British Medical Journal by Trisha Greenhalgh, 1997.
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