Shuffle the deck, flip that coin: Randomization comes to medicine

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 315-316

  Neuhouser, D ^a   Diaz, M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHORT SURVEY;

HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 4043119012     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2004.011593     Document Type: Short Survey

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