Reporting attrition in randomised controlled trials

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7547, 2006, Pages 969-971

  Dumville, Jo C ^a   Torgerson, David J ^a   Hewitt, Catherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; FOLLOW UP; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33646050045     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.969     Document Type: Short Survey

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