''Contemporary Clinical Trials'' is a monthly

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covering

clinical trial Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatments (such as novel vaccines, drugs, dietar ...

s and

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. It was established in 2005 and is published by

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. The

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is JoAnn E. Manson, MD, MPH, DrPH (

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). it was established in 1980 as ''Controlled Clinical Trials'' and obtained its current title in 2005. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 2.226.

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* {{Official website, http://www.journals.elsevier.com/contemporary-clinical-trials/#description General medical journals Elsevier academic journals English-language journals Bimonthly journals Publications established in 1980