Control of selection bias in parallel-group controlled clinical trials in dogs and cats: 97 Trials (2000-2005)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 990-993

  Brown, Dorothy Cimino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL STRATEGY; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOGS; PERIODICALS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33748758995     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.6.990     Document Type: Review

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