Reducing selection bias in a cluster randomized trial in West African villages

Clinical Trials

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-129

  Kerry, Sally M ^a   Cappuccio, Francesco P ^a   Emmett, Lynsey ^a   Plange Rhule, Jacob ^b   Eastwood, John B ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SELECTION BIAS; SODIUM, DIETARY; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

EID: 18344392856     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1740774505cn074oa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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