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When a Placebo is not a Placebo: the value of effect size measures in assessing the validity of deception used in the balanced placebo design

โœ Scribed by JON A. COLE; BARRY R. BURKHART

Book ID
108593141
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1987
Tongue
English
Weight
336 KB
Volume
82
Category
Article
ISSN
0965-2140

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