Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 96-99 , 1 March 2006

Case-Control Confusion

  • Martha A. Hellems, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Children’s Hospital, Charlottesville, Va
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Martha A. Hellems, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 800386, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0386.
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  • Michael S. Kramer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Canada
    • ,
  • Gregory F. Hayden, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Children’s Hospital, Charlottesville, Va

Received 31 May 2005 ,Accepted 27 November 2005.

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PII: S1530-1567(05)00018-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2005.11.001

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 96-99 , 1 March 2006

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