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Hamid Pezeshk1, John Gittins

  • 1Center of Excellence in Biomathematics and School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University College of Science, University of Tehran 14155-6455, Iran. pezeshk@khayam.ut.ac.ir

Statistical Methods in Medical Research
|January 31, 2007
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