Physicians' choice in using Internet and fax for patient recruitment and follow-up in a randomized controlled trial

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 268-272

  Rahman, Mahbubur ^a   Morita, S ^a   Fukui, T ^a   Sakamoto, J ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fax; Patient recruitment; Physicians' choice; Rondomized controlled trial; Web

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CANDESARTAN;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 3142667576     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633867     Document Type: Review

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