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Medical statistics deals with the application 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, El Paso, TX, USA

    Sitratullah O. Kukoyi-Maiyegun

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

    Osama I. Naga

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Kukoyi-Maiyegun, S.O. (2020). Research and Statistics. In: Naga, O.I. (eds) Pediatric Board Study Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21267-4_29

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