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Towards evidence based medicine for paediatricians
    1. Correspondence to Dr Bob Phillips, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK; bob.phillips{at}doctors.org.uk

    https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2015-309200

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      • Competing interests None declared.

      • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.