Assessing Non-Consent Bias with Parallel Randomized and Nonrandomized Clinical Trials
β Scribed by Sue M. Marcus
- Book ID
- 117597799
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 346 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-4356
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