The randomized controlled trial

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-57

  Field, David ^a   Elbourne, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Equipoise; Ethics; Randomization; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0037321179     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/cupe.2003.0409     Document Type: Review

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