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Some Methodological Issues in the Design and Analysis of Cluster Randomised Trials Publisher Pubmed



Mansournia MA1, 2 ; Altman DG3
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  1. 1. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Sports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine Published:2019


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