Maintaining study validity in a changing clinical environment

Nursing Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 231-235

  McGuire, Deborah B ^f   Deloney, Vara G ^a   Yeager, Katherine A ^b   Owen, Donna C ^c   Peterson, Douglas E ^d   Lin, Lillian S ^g   Webster, Jennifer ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e Georgia Cancer Specialists   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Clinical research; Study validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034221236     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200007000-00007     Document Type: Article

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