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Clinical epidemiology: Archived answers

The switch to electronic medical records opens up a potential wealth of data for researchers, if major obstacles can be overcome, reports Katharine Gammon.

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See Editorial, page 259 Katharine Gammon is a freelance writer based in Santa Monica, California.

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Gammon, K. Clinical epidemiology: Archived answers. Nature 458, 278–280 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/458278a

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