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The question to be answered or the hypothesis to be tested now has to be turned into a practical project, which will consist of making observations on some form of biomedical material, performing clinical trials on patients, or carrying out experiments on animals or in vitro. The planning stage for the research should be described in the method section.
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Koh, E.T., Owen, W.L. (2000). Writing Method Sections. In: Introduction to Nutrition and Health Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1401-5_4
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