Common pitfalls in the conduct of clinical research

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Zlowodzki, Michael ^a   Jönsson, Anders ^b   Bhandari, Mohit ^a,b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Clinical Investigation Division   (France)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Evidence based medicine; Randomized trial; Review; Study design

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST FRACTURE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRANCE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 29044451082     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089379     Document Type: Review

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