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The aims of this chapter are, firstly, to introduce aspects which are common to all biomedical studies, and, secondly, to discuss the features that distinguish observational from experimental studies, the two fundamental categories of biomedical studies.
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(2007). Distinctive Aspects of a Biomedical Study Observational and Experimental Studies. In: Fundamentals of Clinical Research. Statistics for Biology and Health. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0492-4_2
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