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Acknowledgements
The editors are grateful to:
BMJ for allowing the James Lind Library to link to this and other BMJ articles of historical relevance (email to Iain Chalmers from Fiona Godlee, 05 May 2015).
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- Elwood P (2004).
The first randomized trial of aspirin for heart attack and the advent of systematic overviews of trials.
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- Vandenbroucke JP (2003).
Aspirin: an unanticipated beneficial effect.
- O’Rourke K (2006).
A historical perspective on meta-analysis: dealing quantitatively with varying study results.