The role of measurement reliability in clinical trials

Clinical Trials

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 553-566

  Lachin, John m ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644617812     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1740774504cn057oa     Document Type: Article

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