Placebos that harm: Sham surgery controls in clinical trials

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 413-427

  London, Alex John ^a   Kadane, Joseph B ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHICS; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NAUSEA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036783743     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0962280202sm300ra     Document Type: Review

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