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Deciphering assumptions about stepped wedge designs: the case of Ebola vaccine research
- Correspondence to Dr Adélaïde Doussau, Department of Bioethics, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Building 10/1C118, Bethesda, MD 20892-1156 USA; doussau2.adelaide{at}gmail.com
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Deciphering assumptions about stepped wedge designs: the case of Ebola vaccine research
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- Received December 2, 2015
- Revised August 1, 2016
- Accepted September 19, 2016
- First published October 17, 2016.
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September 03, 2020
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