Sample size and statistical power in the small-animal analgesia literature: Paper

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-79

  Hofmeister, E H ^a   King, J ^a   Read, M R ^b   Budsberg, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOG; PAIN; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CATS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOGS; PAIN; SAMPLE SIZE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846837191     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2006.00234.x     Document Type: Review

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