Current and future challenges in the design and analysis of cluster randomization trials.

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Published in Stat Med on December 30, 2001

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N Klar1, A Donner

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1: Division of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2L7, Canada. neil.klar@cancercare.on.ca

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