Surrogates, semantics, and sensible public policy

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1661-1663

  Sobel, Burton E ^a,c   Furberg, Curt D ^b  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trials; follow up studies; mortality; statistics; survival

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0030934423     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.6.1661     Document Type: Note

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