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ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions

BMJ 2016; 355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i4919 (Published 12 October 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;355:i4919

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Re: ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias - lost ref

I believe that authors of this tool may first refer to Olli Miettinen 1989 article "The clinical trial as a paradigm for epidemiologic research". This prominent text is probably the most clear presentation of the idea this tool is based on

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26 December 2016
Vasiliy Vlassov
Physician
Higher School of Economics
POB 13 Moscow 109451