Varying the block size does not conceal the allocation

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-

  Berger, Vance W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33744925136     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2006.01.002     Document Type: Letter

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