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Biostatistics A Methodology for the Health Sciences Second Edition
GERALD VAN BELLE LLOYD D. FISHER PATRICK J. HEAGERTY THOMAS LUMLEY Department of Biostatistics and Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences University of Washington Seattle, Washington
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