Optimal sample allocation in clinical trials designed to investigate relative risks

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 2523-2538

  Eastwood, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; PATIENT SELECTION; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0029803817     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19961215)15:23<2523::AID-SIM378>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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