Gerontologic biostatistics: The statistical challenges of clinical research with older study participants

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1386-1392

  Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Charpentier, Peter A ^a   Ip, Edward H ^b   Leng, Xiaoyan ^b   Murphy, Terrence E ^a   Tooze, Janet A ^b   Allore, Heather G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; clinical research; statistics; study design

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; GERONTOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77954338197     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02926.x     Document Type: Review

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