The effects of alternative study designs on the power of community randomized trials: evidence from three studies of human immunodeficiency virus prevention in East Africa.

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on October 01, 2003

Authors

Jim Todd1, Lucy Carpenter, Xianbin Li, Jessica Nakiyingi, Ron Gray, Richard Hayes

Author Affiliations

1: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK. jim.todd@lshtm.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Demand Creation for Couples' HIV Counseling and Testing | NCT02492061

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