Fables or foibles: Inherent problems with RCTs

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 460-467

  Rosner, Anthony ^a  

^a Found for Chiropractic Res/Educ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0141651858     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-4754(03)00094-0     Document Type: Note

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