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Informed consent in cluster randomised trials: new and common ethical challenges
- Correspondence to Dr Sapfo Lignou, 7 Claremont Heights, 70 Pentonville Road, London N1 9PR, UK; sapfo.lignou{at}anglia.ac.uk
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Informed consent in cluster randomised trials: new and common ethical challenges
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- Received March 1, 2017
- Revised June 5, 2017
- Accepted July 11, 2017
- First published August 5, 2017.
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January 30, 2018
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