A systematic review of studies that aim to determine which outcomes to measure in clinical trials in children

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 0569-0578

  Sinha, Ian ^a   Jones, Leanne ^a   Smyth, Rosalind L ^a   Williamson, Paula R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA EXTRACTION; DELPHI STUDY; DENTISTRY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGY; NEWBORN CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FAMILY; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FAMILY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43249103255     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050096     Document Type: Article

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