Rater Training in Multicenter Clinical Trials: Issues and Recommendations

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-117

  Kobak, Kenneth A ^a   Engelhardt, Nina ^b   Williams, Janet B W ^c   Lipsitz, Joshua D ^a,b  

^a Research Training Associates   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPETENCE; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TRAINING;

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NEUROSCIENCES; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY;

EID: 1642375496     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jcp.0000116651.91923.54     Document Type: Editorial

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