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7 - Methods for adjusting for baseline differences between treatment groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2010

Mitchell H. Katz
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University of California, San Francisco
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Evaluating Clinical and Public Health Interventions
A Practical Guide to Study Design and Statistics
, pp. 101 - 127
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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