Efficient allocation of patients to treatment cells in clinical trials with more than two treatment conditions

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1446-1448

  Woods, Scott W ^a   Sholomskas, Diane E ^b   Shear, M Katherine ^b   Gorman, Jack M ^b   Barlow, David H ^b   Goddard, Andrew W ^b   Cohen, Jacob ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031714948     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.10.1446     Document Type: Article

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