Examining the minimum important difference

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2593-2603

  Brant, Rollin ^a   Sutherland, Lloyd ^a   Hilsden, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CROHN DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0033570266     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19991015)18:19<2593::AID-SIM392>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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