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. 2010 Aug;63(8):939-40; author reply 940-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.02.014. Epub 2010 Apr 24.

Testing for baseline balance: can we finally get it right?

Vance W Berger
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Testing for baseline balance: can we finally get it right?

Vance W Berger. J Clin Epidemiol. 2010 Aug.
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