DESCRIPTION:
* Provides a single resource for those starting out in research.
* Practical advice for both clinical and scientific research.
* Comprehensive accounts of topics not easily accessed elsewhere.
* Points out the major pitfalls to the inexperienced.
* Presents the experts view and the hard facts.
CONTENTS:
1. How to perform a search in the biomedical literature.
2. How to read and interpret medical publications.
3. How to fund research.
4. How to consider ethical issues.
5. How to design trials/studies.
6. Organization of clinical trials.
7. How to perform statistical analysis.
8. How to write a publication.
9. How to process text.
10. How to use the English language.
11. How to present at scientific meetings.
12. How to get published: the peer review process.
13. How to apply the principles of evidence based medicine.
14. How to use modern communication tools.
15. How to perform measurements.
15.1 Electrical safety.
15.2 Measurements of concentration, flow, pressure, temperature and humidity of gas mixtures.
15.3 Drug concentrations.
15.4 Pain measurement.
15.5 The EEG.
16. How to acquire and process data electronically.
17. How to incorporate clinical pharmacology in research.
18. How to perform animal experiments.
19. How to perform volunteer studies.
20. How to use gene expression systems.
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