Experiences of a biostatistician on a U.K. research ethics committee

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 2811-2814

  Vail, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PLANNING; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOETHICS; BIOMETRY; ETHICS COMMITTEES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0032583383     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19981230)17:24<2811::AID-SIM22>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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