RCTs in complex nursing interventions and laboratory experimental studies

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 588-592

  Richards, David A ^a   Hamers, Jan P H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex interventions; Experiments; Nursing science; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; NURSING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; NURSING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 62549105277     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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