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- 1994
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- article
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- 15
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 11-14
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- 33
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C. Davis
(1994).
Generalizing from clinical trials.
Controlled Clinical Trials
, 15
(1)
, 11-14.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0197-2456(94)90023-x
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- 10.1016/0197-2456(94)90023-x