Sample size and statistical power in clinical orthopaedic research

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1454-1460

  Freedman, Kevin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032860197     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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