Volume 29, Issue 1 - Visual Communications

Enhancing accessibility of study data: The development of a graphical abstract for lay summaries of clinical trial results

Authors: Thomas M. Schindler, Katrin Summerer, Leonie H. E. Leithold, Clive M. Brown

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