A comparison of missing data methods for hypothesis tests of the treatment effect in substance abuse clinical trials: A Monte-Carlo simulation study

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hedden, Sarra L ^a,b,c   Woolson, Robert F ^a   Malcolm, Robert J ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 46749089042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-3-13     Document Type: Article

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