What constitutes a "clinical trial"?: A survey of oncology professionals

Trials

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wright, James R ^a,b   Kowaleski, Brenda ^b   Sussman, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOMENCLATURE; NURSE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 41049104003     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-9-12     Document Type: Article

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