Recruitment to multicentre trials

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-5

  Gates, Simon ^a   Brocklehurst, Peter ^a   Campbell, Marion ^b   Elbourne, Diana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DECISION MAKING; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOTE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 1242284448     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00011.x     Document Type: Note

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