Interpretation of subgroup effects in published trials

Physical Therapy

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 852-859

  Hancock, Mark J ^a   Kjaer, Per ^b   Korsholm, Lars ^c   Kent, Peter ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878436414     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20120296     Document Type: Article

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