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...ble to obtain rapid responsesto the article and to publish some of those responses along with it. The most lengthy and vociferous response ("Listening to Meta-Analysisbut Hearing Bias") came from Donald F. Klein, MD, of Columbia University whocriticizes the authors' choice of studies to analyze as "a...Study Finds Olestra Chips Don't Generate Gastrointestinal Woes
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