Interventional trials: An overview of design alternatives

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 565-567

  Tinmouth, Alan ^a   Hebert, Paul ^a  

^a Box 201 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL DESIGN; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; RANDOMIZATION;

HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33947425626     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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