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Review
. 2000 Aug;321(7259):504.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7259.504.

Statistics notes: blinding in clinical trials and other studies

S J Day  1 , D G Altman
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Review

Statistics notes: blinding in clinical trials and other studies

S J Day et al. BMJ. 2000 Aug.
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