Cluster randomised trials, second edition

Cluster Randomised Trials, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 1-398

  Hayes, Richard J ^a,b   Moulton, Lawrence H ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 85053088619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315370286     Document Type: Book

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