Surrogate Endpoints : Do They Really Contribute in Therpeutic Decision Making?

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 894-896

  Ray, K ^a   Sarkar, P K ^b  

^a CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0033186274     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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