Selecting the best method to evaluate bronchodilation when analysing bronchodilator studies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 3677-3685

  Goedhart, Dick M ^a   Zanen, Pieter ^b  

^a CARDIALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bronchodilation; Evaluation; Residuals; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; CALCULATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0037114429     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1309     Document Type: Article

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