Truth, double truth and statistics

Robert Booy; Dominic E. Dwyer

doi:10.1071/NB09048

RESEARCH ARTICLE

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Truth, double truth and statistics

Robert Booy ^A ^C and Dominic E. Dwyer ^B

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- Author Affiliations

^A National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

^B Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital

^C Corresponding author. Email: RobertB2@chw.edu.au

NSW Public Health Bulletin 21(2) 30-31 https://doi.org/10.1071/NB09048
Published: 8 April 2010

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Dr G Khandaker for helpful discussions.

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