Statistics in the pharmacy literature

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1412-1418

  Lee, Charlene M ^a,b   Soin, Herpreet K ^c   Einarson, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pharmacy education; Research; Statistics

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HEALTH EDUCATORS; PERIODICALS; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 4143063499     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1D493     Document Type: Article

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