Context by treatment interactions as the primary object of study in cluster randomized controlled trials of population health interventions

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 633-636

  Fuller, Daniel ^a,b   Potvin, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized controlled trial Population health Intervention Interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84863785429     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0357-x     Document Type: Article

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