Blinding and exclusions after allocation in randomised controlled trials: Survey of published parallel group trials in obstetrics and gynaecology

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7033, 1996, Pages 742-744

  Schulz, Kenneth F ^a   Grimes, David A ^b   Altman, Douglas G ^c   Hayes, Richard J ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0029880686     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7033.742     Document Type: Article

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