Estimating Sample Size in Clinical Studies: Basic Methodological Principles;Cálculo da Dimensão da Amostra em Estudos Clínicos: Princípios Metodológicos Básicos

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1513-1521

  Vaz Carneiro, António ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL TRIALS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0842329096     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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