The Randomized Controlled Trial: gold standard, or merely standard?

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Grossman, Jason, and Fiona J Mackenzie. “The Randomized Controlled Trial: Gold Standard, or Merely Standard?”. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, vol. 48, no. 4, 2005, pp. 516-34, https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2005.0092.
Grossman, J., & Mackenzie, F. J. (2005). The Randomized Controlled Trial: gold standard, or merely standard?. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 48(4), 516-534. https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2005.0092
Grossman, Jason, and Fiona J Mackenzie. “The Randomized Controlled Trial: Gold Standard, or Merely Standard?”. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 48, no. 4 (2005): 516-34. https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2005.0092.
Grossman J, Mackenzie FJ. The Randomized Controlled Trial: gold standard, or merely standard?. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 2005;48(4):516-34.
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Medicine: Medicine (General)42
Medicine: Public aspects of medicine32
Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical technology15
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Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry5
Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system: Psychiatry: Therapeutics. Psychotherapy5
Social Sciences: Economic theory. Demography: Economics as a science4
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