Percent total attrition: A poor metric for study rigor in hosted intervention designs

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1567-1575

  Amico, K Rivet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 69049087765     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.134767     Document Type: Review

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