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‘Number needed to treat’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S. Gilbody
Affiliation:
St James University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF
D. Owens
Affiliation:
University of Leeds LS2 9LT
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Copyright © 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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