A brief history of the randomized controlled trial: From oranges and lemons to the gold standard

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 745-760

  Meldrum, Marcia L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NEW DRUG; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033900333     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8588(05)70309-9     Document Type: Review

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