Evaluating the health effects of social interventions

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7434, 2004, Pages 282-285

  Thomson, Hilary ^a   Hoskins, Robert ^b   Petticrew, Mark ^a   Ogilvie, David ^a   Craig, Neil ^b   Quinn, Tony ^c   Lindsay, Grace ^d  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Easterhouse Money Advice Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842287118     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7434.282     Document Type: Review

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