Improving interpretation of clinical studies by use of confidence levels, clinical significance curves, and risk-benefit contours

Lancet

Volumn 357, Issue 9265, 2001, Pages 1349-1353

  Shakespeare, Thomas P ^a,c   Gebski, Val J ^b   Veness, Michael J ^b   Simes, John ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CALCULATION; CALCULATOR; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DECISION MAKING; DISSECTION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035962354     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04522-0     Document Type: Note

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