Control of error in randomized clinical trials

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-74

  Keirse, Marc J N C ^a   Hanssens, Myriam ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alpha error; Beta error; Bias; Random error; Randomized trials; Systematic error

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033795633     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(00)00455-3     Document Type: Article

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