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Barry T. Peterson, Steven J. Clancy, Kay Champion, Jerry W. McLarty, Improving Readability of Consent Forms: What the Computers May Not Tell You, IRB: Ethics & Human Research, Vol. 14, No. 6 (Nov. - Dec., 1992), pp. 6-8
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