Methods for defining and determining the clinical significance of treatment effects: description, application, and alternatives.

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• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

• Publication date

  1999-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0022-006X.67.3.300PMID 10369050
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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