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The Emergence of the Randomized, Controlled Trial
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Dr. Scott Podolsky on the evolution of the essential methods of randomized, controlled trials. (08:07)Download Randomized, controlled trials date back much farther than is usually recognized, and their history offers insights into the intellectual and social forces shaping what would become a medical research standard and a mechanism for taming the therapeutic marketplace.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bothwell, L. E., & Podolsky, S. H.
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 2016-08-11
- Volume
- 375
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 501-504
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- OpenAlex
- W2506392919
- Cited by
- 201
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 12.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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