Commentary: The evolution of methods to assess the effects of treatments, illustrated by the development of treatments for diphtheria, 1825-1918

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 662-676

  Opinel, Annick ^a   Tröhler, Ulrich ^b   Gluud, Christian ^c   Gachelin, Gabriel ^d   Smith, George Davey ^e   Harris Podolsky, Scott ^f   Chalmers, Iain ^g  

^a University Versailles Saint Quentin UVSQ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g James Lind Library   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CROSS INFECTION; DIPHTHERIA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LARYNX STENOSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVOR; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; INTUBATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 84881601589     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr162     Document Type: Note

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