Establishing the internal and external validity of experimental studies

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 58, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 2173-2184

  Slack, Marion K ^a   Draugalis, JoLaine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical studies; Control, quality; Methodology; Researach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDY; EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035890184     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/58.22.2173     Document Type: Article

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