Randomised clinical trials became an essential part of clinical research in the 1940s. They have led to many important innovations in treatment in all areas of medicine, not least in oncology. Those of us involved in clinical research are aware, however, that the ways we are constrained to publish o
Clinical trials: rising costs limit innovation
β Scribed by S. Claiborne Johnston; Stephen L. Hauser
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 65 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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