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Rethinking pragmatic randomised controlled trials: introducing the “cohort multiple randomised controlled trial” design

BMJ 2010; 340 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c1066 (Published 19 March 2010) Cite this as: BMJ 2010;340:c1066

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