Ecological fallacy in COVID-19 epidemiological inference: Influenza vaccination rate as an example.

J Formos Med Assoc

Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address:

Published: August 2021

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