Clearing up misunderstandings about clinical trial methodology: a reply to Barnett et al.'s commentary on the ACAS Trial. ACAS Executive Committee, ACAS Data and Safety Monitoring Committee.
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published by vhoward on Tue, 10/08/2013 10:51am Title Clearing up misunderstandings about clinical trial methodology: a reply to Barnett et al.'s commentary on the ACAS Trial. ACAS Executive Committee, ACAS Data and Safety Monitoring Committee. Publication Type Journal Article Year of Publication 1997 Authors Chambless, LE, Hosking, JD, Kronmal, R, Howard, G, Howard, VJ, Toole, JF Journal Neurology Volume 48 Issue 6 Pagination 1743-5; author reply 1745-8 Date Published 1997 Jun ISSN 0028-3878
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Neurology
دوره 48 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997