Biases in Randomized Trials: A Conversation Between Trialists and Epidemiologists.

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Published in Epidemiology on January 01, 2017

Authors

Mohammad Ali Mansournia1, Julian P T Higgins, Jonathan A C Sterne, Miguel A Hernán

Author Affiliations

1: From the aDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; bSchool of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; cDepartments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; and dHarvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Boston, MA.

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