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Calculating the number needed to treat for trials where the outcome is time to an event.

D G Altman1, P K Andersen.   

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Year:  1999        PMID: 10582940      PMCID: PMC1117211          DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7223.1492

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  BMJ        ISSN: 0959-8138


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