Designing clinical trials in trauma surgery: Overcoming research barriers

Bone and Joint Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 123-129

  Perry, D C ^a   Griffin, X L ^a   Parsons, N ^a   Costa, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Orthopaedics; Randomised controlled trials; Research; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985920084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20463758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.34.2000283     Document Type: Review

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