Problems in the conduct and analysis of randomized clinical trials. Are we getting the right answers to the wrong questions?

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Published in Arch Intern Med on March 01, 1992

Authors

L Rabeneck1, C M Viscoli, R I Horwitz

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.

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