No analgesia to the control group: Is it acceptable?

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Bellieni, Carlo V ^a   Buonocore, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; PLACEBO;

ANALGESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEONATAL PAIN; NEWBORN; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 77649083150     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.LTE.0310a     Document Type: Letter

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