Guidelines for reporting results of quality of life assessments in clinical trials

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 496-502

  Staquet, M ^a   Berzon, R ^b   Osoba, D ^c   Machin, D ^d  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Guidelines; Health related quality of life; Quality of life; Reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0029798997     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00540022     Document Type: Article

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