A primer on data safety monitoring boards: Mission, methods, and controversies

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1815-1818

  Hicks, Lisa K ^a,b,c   Laupacis, Andreas ^b   Slutsky, Arthur S ^b,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS DATA MONITORING COMMITTEES; HUMANS;

EID: 34748875876     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0794-9     Document Type: Review

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