When Was Random Allocation First Used To Generate Comparison Groups In Experiments To Assess The Effects Of Social Interventions?

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 371-384

  Forsetlund, Louise ^a   Chalmers, Iain ^b   Bjørndal, Arild ^a  

^a Norwegian Health Services Reserch Centre   (Norway)

^b James Lind Library   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Randomised controlled trials history; Social sciences history

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149099107     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590600982467     Document Type: Article

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