Intention to treat and follow up are important in assessing validity of a randomized clinical trial;Importancia de la intención de tratar y el seguimiento en la validez interna de un estudio clínico randomizado

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1557-1560

  Capurro N, Daniel ^a   Gabrielli N, Luigi ^a   Letelier S, Luz María ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL DR SÓTERO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 13544271035     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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