Selection bias, allocation concealment and randomization design in clinical trials

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 263-265

  Zhao, Wenle ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM; LETTER; RANDOMIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84883038749     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.07.005     Document Type: Letter

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