title: Why the 1948 MRC trial of streptomycin used treatment allocation based on random numbers.
authors: James Lind Initiative, Summertown Pavilion, Middle Way, Oxford OX2 7LG, UK. chalmers@jameslindlibrary.org
authors: Iain
authors: I
authors: Chalmers
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D012107:Research Design; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013307:Streptomycin