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The ethics of placebos in AIDS drug trials

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  1. John D. H. Porter M.R.C.P.,M.F.P.H.M.
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Porter, J.D.H., Forrest, B.D. & Kennedy, A.R. The ethics of placebos in AIDS drug trials. HEC Forum 4, 155–162 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00057868

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