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Are RCTs the Gold Standard?
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- Authors
- Cartwright, N.
- Venue
- BioSocieties
- Published
- 2007-03
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 11-20
- ISSN
- 1745-8552 (ISSN-L)
- 1745-8560
- OpenAlex
- W2143474346
- Cited by
- 578
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 17.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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