Abstract:
:Real world study (RWS) has become a hotspot for clinical research. Data quality plays a vital role in research achievement and other clinical research fields. In this paper, the common quality problems in the RWS of traditional Chinese medicine are discussed, and a countermeasure is proposed.
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Front Medjournal_title
Frontiers of medicineauthors
Zhang R,Wang Y,Liu B,Song G,Zhou X,Fan S,Pan Xdoi
10.1007/s11684-014-0351-1subject
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2014-09-01 00:00:00pages
352-7issue
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2095-0217issn
2095-0225journal_volume
8pub_type
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