Bias in a prehospital esophageal detector device trial: Lessons learned

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 163-168

  Verbeek, P Richard ^a,d   Bandiera, Glen ^b   Morris, Brian ^c   St Pierre, Dennis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Toronto Ambulance Service   (Canada)

^d Emergency Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Emergency medical services; Intubation; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949095655     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500004875     Document Type: Article

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