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- 1978
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- article
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- 37
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 849-857
- Citations
- 189
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Susan J. White,
Laurence S. Freedman
(1978).
Allocation of patients to treatment groups in a controlled clinical study.
British Journal of Cancer
, 37
(5)
, 849-857.
https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1978.124
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- 10.1038/bjc.1978.124