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Part I - Fundamentals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2025

Karen B. Schmaling
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Washington State University
Robert M. Kaplan
Affiliation:
Stanford University
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Rethinking Clinical Research
Methodology and Ethics
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