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Title
Principles of Meta-analysis Should be Well Understood
Authors
Seyed Hossein Aalaei-Andabili
Seyed Moayed Alavian
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 12/2012
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-012-0789-7

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