Do double-blind studies with informed consent yield externally valid results? - An empirical test

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 437-442

  Kirsch, Irving ^a   Rosadino, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Double blind design; Expectancy; Informed consent; Placebo

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; TENSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAFFEINE; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PLACEBOS; PULSE;

EID: 0027404361     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02244650     Document Type: Article

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