Clinical Versus Statistical Significance in the Assessment of Pain Relief,☆☆,

From the First International Symposium on Pain Research in Emergency Medicine, Montreal, October 1994.
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[Todd KH: Clinical versus statistical significance in the assessment of pain relief. Ann Emerg Med April 1996;27:439-441.]

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From the Division of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, and the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

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Address for reprints: Knox H Todd, MD, MPH, Center for Injury Control, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road Northeast, Room 254, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, Fax 404-727-8744

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