Therapeutic equivalence investigations: Statistical considerations

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 15-16, 1998, Pages 1703-1714

  Röhmel, Joachim ^a  

^a Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOEQUIVALENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON;

EID: 0032529072     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19980815/30)17:15/16<1703::aid-sim972>3.0.co;2-g     Document Type: Conference Paper

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