Putting theory into practice: A cluster randomized trial with a small number of clusters

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 341-349

  Yudkin, P L ^a   Moher, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; THEORY;

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0035865991     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0258(20010215)20:3<341::AID-SIM796>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Conference Paper

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