Challenges of randomized controlled trial design in plastic surgery

Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Hassanein, Aladdin H ^a   Herrera, Fernando A ^a   Hassanein, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled; Design; Plastic; Randomized; Surgery; Trials

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054781490     PISSN: 11952199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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