Equipoise and the Ethics of Clinical Research

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 317, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 141-145

  Freedman, Benjamin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLDENONE UNDECENOATE;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0023185342     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198707163170304     Document Type: Article

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