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Medical statistics deals with applications of statistics to medicine and the health sciences including epidemiology, public health, forensic medicine, and clinical research.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, 4800 Alberta Avenue, El Paso, TX, 79905, El Paso, USA

    Sitratullah Olawunmi Kukoyi-Maiyegun MD

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech, University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA

    Osama Naga

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Kukoyi-Maiyegun, S. (2015). Research and Statistics. In: Naga, O. (eds) Pediatric Board Study Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10115-6_25

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