Clinical trials comparing two treatment policies: Which aspects of the treatment policies make a difference?

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-339

  White, Ian R ^a   Goetghebeur, Els J T ^b  

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

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIURETICS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032520229     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980215)17:3<319::AID-SIM765>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Conference Paper

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