Are we wasting money on premature and badly designed clinical trials?

Danny McAuley (Belfast, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2015 – Acute lung injury research: are we doing the right things?
Session: Acute lung injury research: are we doing the right things?
Session type: Symposium
Number: 253

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