Incomplete quality of life data in randomized trials: Missing forms

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5-7, 1998, Pages 697-709

  Curran, D ^a   Molenberghs, G ^b   Fayers, P M ^c,d   Machin, D ^d,e  

^a EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2642705010     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19980315/15)17:5/7<697::aid-sim815>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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