The design and analysis of paired cluster randomized trials: An application of meta-analysis techniques

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2063-2079

  Thompson, Simon G ^a   Pyke, Stephen D M ^b   Hardy, Rebecca J ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; META-ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030861942     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19970930)16:18<2063::AID-SIM642>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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