Methodological considerations on the design and analysis of an equivalence stratified cluster randomization trial

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 401-416

  Piaggio, Gilda ^a   Carroli, Guillermo ^b   Villar, José ^c   Pinol, Alain ^d   Bakketeig, Leiv ^e   Lumbiganon, Pisake ^f   Bergsj, Per ^g   Al Mazrou, Yagob ^h   Ba'Aqeel, Hassan ⁱ   Belizn, Jos Miguel ^j   Farnot, Ubaldo ^a,b   Berendes, Heinz ^h  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e Latin American Center of Perinatology and Human Development PAHO/WHO   (Uruguay)

^f Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales   (Argentina)

^g Hospital Gineco Obsttrico Amrica Arias   (Cuba)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^j EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0035865994     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0258(20010215)20:3<401::AID-SIM801>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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