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When to use the odds ratio or the relative risk?

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Correspondence to Carsten Oliver Schmidt.

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Submitted: 12 December 2007; Revised: 16 January 2008; Accepted: 21 January 2008

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Schmidt, C.O., Kohlmann, T. When to use the odds ratio or the relative risk?. Int J Public Health 53, 165–167 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-008-7068-3

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