Recruiting patients to randomized trials in primary care: Principles and case study

Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-191

  Bell Syer, Sally E M ^a   Klaber Moffett, Jennifer A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Primary care; Randomized controlled trial; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0034036453     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/17.2.187     Document Type: Article

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