The design and use of cluster randomised controlled trials in evaluating injury prevention interventions: Part 1. Rationale, design and informed consent

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-67

  DiGuiseppi, Carolyn ^a,b   Coupland, Carol ^c  

^a Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH ETHICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77449088469     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.023119     Document Type: Article

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