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A highly significant difference in baseline characteristics: the play of chance or evidence of a more selective game?

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  1. Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen Medical School, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK

    Peter M. Fayers

  2. Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Peter M. Fayers

  3. Quality of Life Office, Psycho-Oncology Cooperative Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Madeleine King

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Fayers, P.M., King, M. A highly significant difference in baseline characteristics: the play of chance or evidence of a more selective game?. Qual Life Res 17, 1121–1123 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-008-9390-x

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