Improving the quality of data in randomized clinical trials: the COMPACT computer package. COMPACT Steering Committee.

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Published in Stat Med on November 01, 1988

Authors

C E Chilvers1, P M Fayers, L S Freedman, R M Greenwood, D Machin, N Palmer, A J Westlake

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, U.K.

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