Short report: How often do UK primary care trials face recruitment delays?

Family Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 601-603

  Bower, Peter ^a   Wilson, Sue ^b   Mathers, Nigel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Randomized controlled trails; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37749022060     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmm051     Document Type: Article

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