title: Ethics, statistics, and technology assessment: the use of a stopping rule and an independent policy and data monitoring board in a cohort study of perioperative cardiac morbidity. The Study of Perioperative Ischemia Research Group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Browner
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D018579:Patient Selection; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D035842:Research Subjects; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology