Incomplete quality of life data in randomized trials: Missing items

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5-7, 1998, Pages 679-696

  Fayers, Peter M ^a,b   Curran, Desmond ^c   Machin, David ^b,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 2642617783     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19980315/15)17:5/7<679::aid-sim814>3.0.co;2-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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