Response to the Letter ‘Efficiency loss due to varying cluster sizes in cluster randomized trials and how to compensate for it: comment on You et al. (2011)’ by van Breukelen and Candel
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Response to the Letter ‘Efficiency loss due to varying cluster sizes in cluster randomized trials and how to compensate for it: comment on You et al. (2011)’ by van Breukelen and Candel
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