Commentary: External validity of results of randomized trials: Disentangling a complex concept

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-96

  Rothwell, Peter M ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL VALIDITY; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77952315124     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp305     Document Type: Note

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