Design and analysis of studies evaluating smoking cessation interventions where effects vary between practices or practitioners

Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 402-407

  Butler, Chris ^a   Bachmann, Max ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Research design; Smoking cessation; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0029784073     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/13.4.402     Document Type: Article

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