Pediatricians' attitudes toward randomized controlled trials involving children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 798-803

  Caldwell, Patrina H Y ^a,b   Butow, Phyllis N ^a   Craig, Jonathan C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036916573     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2002.129173     Document Type: Article

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