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Review
. 1999 May 22;318(7195):1407-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.318.7195.1407.

Ethical issues in the design and conduct of cluster randomised controlled trials

S J Edwards  1 , D A Braunholtz, R J Lilford, A J Stevens
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Review

Ethical issues in the design and conduct of cluster randomised controlled trials

S J Edwards et al. BMJ. .
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