Blinding during the analysis of research data

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 636-641

  Polit, Denise F ^a,b  

^a Humanalysis Inc   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias; Blinding; CONSORT guidelines; Data analysis; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; NURSING RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79955523934     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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