Randomized double blind placebo control studies, the "gold Standard" in intervention based studies

Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-134

  Misra, Shobha ^a  

^a Baroda Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Blinding; clinical trials; placebo; randomization; randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VALACICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; GENITAL HERPES; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEXUALITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 84870207269     PISSN: 02537184     EISSN: 19983816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7184.102130     Document Type: Article

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