Cross-over trials in drug development: Theory and practice

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-40

  Senn, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioequivalence; Carry over; Clinical trial; Multiperiod design; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041405994     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(00)00318-9     Document Type: Article

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