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. 2004 Jun;30(3):318–323. doi: 10.1136/jme.2002.001065

Community based trials and informed consent in rural north India

A DeCosta 1, N D'Souza 1, S Krishnan 1, M Chhabra 1, I Shihaam 1, K Goswami 1
PMCID: PMC1733858  PMID: 15173372

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