Is restricted randomisation necessary?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7556, 2006, Pages 1506-1508

  Hewitt, Catherine E ^a   Torgerson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33745713558     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7556.1506     Document Type: Article

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