Research methods: Beyond the clinical trial

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-65

  Goodacre, Steve ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Care Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0038016789     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.235     Document Type: Article

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