Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) --sample size: the magic number (SMJ Vol 44 Issue 4 April 2003)
Ang, R.P.
Singapore Medical Journal 44(8): 432
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 14700427 Document Number: 554955
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