Does additional surgical training increase participation in randomized controlled trials?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-243

  Martin II, Robert C G ^a   Polk Jr , Hiram C ^b   Jaques, David P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Physician participation; Prospective randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 0037334490     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)01369-7     Document Type: Article

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