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Presenting your results clearly in a scientific paper

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Ronán M Conroy*
Affiliation:
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Mercer Building, Mercer Street Lower, Dublin 2, Ireland

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