
A brief survey is provided of common designs for medical studies and important issues in their implementation. The designs discussed include those for laboratory studies, clinical trials, cohort studies, case-control and related studies, and diagnostic studies.
clinical trials, diagnostic tests, Histology, experimental studies, Mini-Symposium: Medical Statistics, epidemiology, randomization, observational studies, Pathology and Forensic Medicine
clinical trials, diagnostic tests, Histology, experimental studies, Mini-Symposium: Medical Statistics, epidemiology, randomization, observational studies, Pathology and Forensic Medicine
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