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Peer-reviewed: This work was reviewed and scrutinised by relevant independent experts. Case study: A study involving observations of a single patient or group of patients. People: This is a study ...

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Peer-reviewed: This work was reviewed and scrutinised by relevant independent experts. Randomised controlled trial: Subjects are randomly assigned to a test group, which receives the treatment, or a ...

Peer-reviewed: This work was reviewed and scrutinised by relevant independent experts. Meta-analysis: This type of study involves using statistics to combine the data from multiple previous studies to ...

Peer-reviewed: This work was reviewed and scrutinised by relevant independent experts. Observational study: A study in which the subject is observed to see if there is a relationship between two or ...

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