Negative control outcomes: A tool to detect bias in randomized trials

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 2597-2598

  Arnold, Benjamin F ^a   Ercumen, Ayse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SELECTION BIAS; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 85008499462     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.17700     Document Type: Short Survey

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