Carbon cost of pragmatic randomised controlled trials: Retrospective analysis of sample of trials

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7729, 2009, Pages 1073-

  Lyle, Katy ^a   Dent, Louise ^a   Bailey, Sally ^a   Kerridge, Lynn ^a   Roberts, Ian ^b   Milne, Ruairidh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL;

EID: 70449366854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4187     Document Type: Article

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