The history and fate of the gold standard

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9977, 2015, Pages 1502-1503

  Jones, David S ^a   Podolsky, Scott H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCIN; GOLD;

BIOMEDICINE; CARDIAC SURGEON; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOLD STANDARD; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCIENTIST; TUBERCULOSIS; NOMENCLATURE; STANDARD;

GOLD; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84928396320     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60742-5     Document Type: Review

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