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A False Dichotomy: RCTs and Their Contributions to Evidence-Based Public Health

Laurel E Hatt, Minki Chatterji, Leslie Miles, Alison B Comfort, Benjamin W Bellows and Francis O Okello
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2015, 3(1):138-140; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00245
Laurel E Hatt
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vol. 3 no. 1 138-140
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00245
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25745128

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
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  • Received: December 23, 2014
  • Accepted: January 22, 2015
  • Published online March 5, 2015.

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© Abt Associates Inc. and Population Council. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00245.

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  1. Laurel E Hatta⇑,
  2. Minki Chatterjia,
  3. Leslie Milesa,
  4. Alison B Comforta,
  5. Benjamin W Bellowsb,
  6. Francis O Okelloa
  1. aAbt Associates Inc., International Health Division, Washington, DC, USA
  2. bPopulation Council, Lusaka, Zambia
  1. Correspondence to Laurel Hatt (laurel_hatt{at}abtassoc.com).
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