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Control Groups

"Control Groups" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Groups that serve as a standard for comparison in experimental studies. They are similar in relevant characteristics to the experimental group but do not receive the experimental intervention.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Control Groups" by people in this website by year, and whether "Control Groups" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 9 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1996 and 1997 and 2002 and 2003 and 2006 and 2007 and 2008 and 2021 and 2023
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