Operational design and quality control in the CATCH multicenter trial

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 384-399

  Stone, Elaine J ^a   Osganian, Stavroula K ^b   McKinlay, Sonja M ^b   Wu, Margaret C ^a   Webber, Larry S ^c   Luepker, Russell V ^d   Perry, Cheryl L ^d   Parcel, Guy S ^e   Elder, John P ^f  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children; multicenter trial; quality control; schools

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SKINFOLD; SMOKING;

EID: 0030197926     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.0071     Document Type: Article

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