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Numbers needed to treat derived from meta-analyses—sometimes informative, usually misleading

BMJ 1999; 318 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.318.7197.1548 (Published 05 June 1999) Cite this as: BMJ 1999;318:1548

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