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. 2011 Sep;104(9):383-6.
doi: 10.1258/jrsm.2011.11k023.

Why the 1948 MRC trial of streptomycin used treatment allocation based on random numbers

Iain Chalmers  1
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Why the 1948 MRC trial of streptomycin used treatment allocation based on random numbers

Iain Chalmers. J R Soc Med. 2011 Sep.
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