Sample size for cluster randomized trials: effect of coefficient of variation of cluster size and analysis method.

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on August 30, 2006

Authors

Sandra M Eldridge1, Deborah Ashby, Sally Kerry

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Health Sciences, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK. s.eldridge@qmul.ac.uk

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