Clinician-trialist rounds: 5. Cointervention bias - How to diagnose it in their trial and prevent it in yours

Clinical Trials

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 440-442

  Sackett, David L ^a  

^a Trout Research and Education Centre at Irish Lake   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; RISK;

EID: 80051691888     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774511410995     Document Type: Article

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