Can mathematical modeling remove the tarnish on old clinical trials?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-156

  Kuntz, Karen M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TECHNOLOGY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035425346     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)00811-7     Document Type: Editorial

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