Clinical Trials in the Secondary Prevention of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke^[*]

Keywords

Clinical trials - Randomization - Prognostic factors - Protocol departures - Factorial designs

^* Plenary Lecture delivered to the VIIth International Congress on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 17th July 1979

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