Comparing like with like: Some historical milestones in the evolution of methods to create unbiased comparison groups in therapeutic experiments

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1156-1164

  Chalmers, I ^a  

^a UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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STREPTOMYCIN;

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; EXPERIMENT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERTUSSIS; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; RISK; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0035171270     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.5.1156     Document Type: Article

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