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. 2004 Dec;97(12):576-8.
doi: 10.1177/014107680409701205.

Sham procedures and the ethics of clinical trials

Franklin G Miller  1 , Ted J Kaptchuk
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Sham procedures and the ethics of clinical trials

Franklin G Miller et al. J R Soc Med. 2004 Dec.
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