Subgroup analysis and other (mis)uses of baseline data in clinical trials

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9209, 2000, Pages 1064-1069

  Assmann, Susan F ^a   Pocock, Stuart J ^b   Enos, Laura E ^a   Kasten, Linda E ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034712491     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02039-0     Document Type: Article

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