Minimization: Not all it's cracked up to be

Clinical Trials

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-

  Berger, Vance W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; LETTER; LOGIC; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80051688524     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774511409769     Document Type: Letter

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