Why should we integrate biomarkers into complex trials?

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 232-233

  Musial, Frauke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84868668781     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343979     Document Type: Editorial

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