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Review
. 1999 Aug 28;319(7209):572-3.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7209.572.

A change in scientific approach: from alternation to randomised allocation in clinical trials in the 1940s

P D'Arcy Hart  1
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A change in scientific approach: from alternation to randomised allocation in clinical trials in the 1940s

P D'Arcy Hart. BMJ. .
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Tuberculosis treatment in the 1940s: Broomfield Hospital, near Chelmsford
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