Erratum: Sample size calculations for cluster randomised controlled trials with a fixed number of clusters(BMC Med Res Methodol (2011)11(102) DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-102);Sample size calculations for cluster randomised controlled trials with a fixed number of clusters

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-

  Hemming, Karla ^a   Girling, Alan J ^a   Sitch, Alice J ^a   Marsh, Jennifer ^a   Lilford, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 79959629220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-017-0292-x     Document Type: Erratum

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