title: Blinding: an essential component in decreasing risk of bias in experimental designs.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Level 3, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA), 11405-87 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1C9. dorothy.forbes@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Forbes
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D015983:Selection Bias