Commentary: Measuring the success of blinding in RCTs: Don't, must, can't or needn't?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 664-665

  Sackett, David L ^a  

^a Trout Research and Education Center at Irish Lake   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Blinding; Co intervention; Contamination; Randomised trials

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PLACEBO; SULFINPYRAZONE; URIC ACID;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CAREGIVER; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34547830376     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym088     Document Type: Note

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