Preventing bias in cluster randomised trials

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Giraudeau, Bruno ^a,b,c   Ravaud, Philippe ^a,d,e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^d BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SCREENING;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 66349109001     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000065     Document Type: Review

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