Methods of blinding in reports of randomized controlled trials assessing pharmacologic treatments: a systematic review.
BACKGROUND: Blinding is a cornerstone of therapeutic evaluation because lack of blinding can bias treatment effect estimates. An inventory of the blinding methods would help trialists conduct high-quality clinical trials and readers appraise the quality of results of published trials. We aimed to sy...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-10-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1626553?pdf=render |