Advancing the standards of clinical research: The urgent need for new methods and better data

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-227

  Herman, Joseph ^a  

^a NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Limitations; Methods; PACE strategy; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0031196090     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.1997.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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