Exaggeration of treatment benefits using the "event-based" number needed to treat

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Aaron, Shawn D. [1 ]
Fergusson, Dean A. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Ottawa, Ottawa Hlth Res Inst, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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10.1503/cmaj.080018
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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