Successful recruitment to trials: A phased approach to opening gates and building bridges

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Patterson, Sue ^a   Mairs, Hilary ^b   Borschmann, Rohan ^c  

^a Rethink   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

EDUCATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79955986649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-73     Document Type: Review

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