The development of fair tests of treatments

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9930, 2014, Pages 1713-1714

  Chalmers, Iain ^a  

^a James Lind Initiative   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ART; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY; LIBRARY; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; SCURVY; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICIAN;

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; NAVAL MEDICINE; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; SCOTLAND; SCURVY;

EID: 84900558683     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60821-7     Document Type: Review

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