Roaming through methodology. VIII. Pilot studies: Sense and nonsense;Dwalingen in de methodologie. VIII. Pilotonderzoeken: Zin en onzin

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 142, Issue 39, 1998, Pages 2142-2145

  Beurskens, A J H M ^a   De Vet, H C W ^a   Kant, Ij ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0032569444     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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