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Editorial

. 1993 Dec;68(6):1047-50.

doi: 10.1038/bjc.1993.481.

Stopping rules, interim analyses and data monitoring committees

D Ashby, D Machin

PMID: 8260354
PMCID: PMC1968643
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1993.481

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Editorial

Stopping rules, interim analyses and data monitoring committees

D Ashby et al. Br J Cancer. 1993 Dec.

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. 1993 Dec;68(6):1047-50.

doi: 10.1038/bjc.1993.481.

Authors

D Ashby, D Machin

PMID: 8260354
PMCID: PMC1968643
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1993.481

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