Power evaluation of small drug and vaccine experiments with binary outcomes

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 111-120

  Duchateau, L ^a   Mcdermott, B ^a   Rowlands, G J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG; VACCINE;

DRUG DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; DRUG EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; RESEARCH DESIGN; VACCINES;

EID: 0032518990     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980115)17:1<111::AID-SIM741>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Review

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