The internet and clinical trials: Background, online resources, examples and issues

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Paul, James ^a,b   Seib, Rachael ^a,b   Prescott, Todd ^a,b  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Internet; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BED REST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; COMPUTER NETWORK; FUNDING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROCOMPUTER; MORTALITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HISTORY; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

COMPUTER SECURITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 24144489641     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7.1.e5     Document Type: Review

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