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. 2021 Apr;27(4):569-570.
doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01299-5.

Placebo use and unblinding in COVID-19 vaccine trials: recommendations of a WHO Expert Working Group

Jerome Amir Singh  1   2 , Sonali Kochhar  3   4 , Jonathan Wolff  5 ; WHO ACT-Accelerator Ethics & Governance Working Group
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Placebo use and unblinding in COVID-19 vaccine trials: recommendations of a WHO Expert Working Group

Jerome Amir Singh et al. Nat Med. 2021 Apr.

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