Combining different phases in the development of medical treatments within a single trial

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1833-1848

  Bauer, Peter ^a   Kieser, Meinhard ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Dr Willmar Schwabe Pharmaceutical   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; SAMPLE; SIMULATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; SAMPLE SIZE; THEALES;

EID: 0033618626     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19990730)18:14<1833::AID-SIM221>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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