How to avoid being misled by the medical literature

2018-05-18

Gordon Guyatt

This lecture was recorded at the 3rd McMaster International Review Course in Internal Medicine in Kraków, Poland. To learn more, please visit www.mircim.eu.

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How to avoid being misled by the medical literature

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