A cautionary note regarding count models of alcohol consumption in randomized controlled trials

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Horton, Nicholas J ^a   Kim, Eugenia ^a   Saitz, Richard ^b,c  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847651240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-7-9     Document Type: Article

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