Application of methods for central statistical monitoring in clinical trials

Clinical Trials

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 783-806

  Kirkwood, Amy A ^a   Cox, Trevor ^b   Hackshaw, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; FRAUD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84886883003     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774513494504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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