Usual Care as the Control Group in Clinical Trials of Nonpharmacologic Interventions
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1546-3222
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200706-072jk