Research fundamentals: Follow-up of subjects in clinical trials: Addressing subject attrition

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 859-866

  Woolard, Robert H ^a,b   Carty, Kathleen ^a   Wirtz, Philip ^a   Longabaugh, Richard ^a   Nirenberg, Ted D ^a   Minugh, P Allison ^a   Becker, Bruce ^a   Clifford, Patrick R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rhode Isl H ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; attrition; follow up; injury prevention; intoxication; missing data; research methodology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3242656416     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.09.021     Document Type: Article

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