How to optimize patient recruitment

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-210

  Thoma, Achilleas ^a,b,c   Farrokhyar, Forough ^b,c,d   Mcknight, Leslie ^d   Bhandari, Mohit ^c,e  

^a Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (Canada)

^b Surgical Outcomes Research Centre   (Canada)

^c Departments of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (Canada)

^d Departments of Surgery   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77953162653     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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