SMART: Self-management of anticoagulation, a randomised trial [ISRCTN19313375]

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-7

  McCahon, Deborah ^a   Fitzmaurice, David A ^a   Murray, Ellen T ^a   Fuller, Christopher J ^a   Hobbs, Richard F D ^a   Allan, Teresa F ^a   Raftery, James P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF MEDICATION; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442521480     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-4-11     Document Type: Article

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