Placebo Controls in Clinical Trials of New Therapies for Osteoporosis

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1154-1159

  Levine, Robert J ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG USE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPONSIBILITY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PLACEBOS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0142122887     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2003.18.6.1154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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