Recruitment to randomised studies

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 579-581

  Hague, Wendy E ^a   Gebski, Val J ^a   Keech, Anthony C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PRAVASTATIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TYPES OF STUDY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0038717187     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05364.x     Document Type: Review

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