Positive clinical trials: Understand the control group before implementing the result

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-226

  Parshuram, Christopher S ^b   Kavanagh, Brian P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPERCAPNIA; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CONTROL GROUPS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 3242806611     PISSN: 00030805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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