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Development of controlled trials in preventive and therapeutic medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Richard Doll
Richard Doll
Affiliation:
ICRF Cancer Studies Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , July 1991 , pp. 365 - 378
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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