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REGULAR ARTICLES

Study Blinding and Correlations Between Perceived Group Assignment and Outcome in a Cocaine Pharmacotherapy Trial

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Pages 387-391 | Received 12 Dec 2007, Accepted 24 Mar 2008, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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