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Predictors of ethical approval and informed consent in orthodontic RCTs

Rhian C Fitzgerald1, Girvan Burnside, Jayne E Harrison

  • 1Orthodontic Department, Liverpool University Dental School and Hospital Liverpool, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5PS, UK. rhian.fitzgerald@nhs.net

Journal of Orthodontics
|September 7, 2013
PubMed
Abstract

Keywords:
Ethical approvalRCTsinformed consentpredictors

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