Strategies for maximizing consent rates for child dental health surveys: A randomised controlled trial

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Glenny, Anne Marie ^a   Worthington, Helen V ^a   Milsom, Keith M ^b   Rooney, Eric ^b   Tickle, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consent; Dentistry; Epidemiological survey; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; PARENTAL CONSENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84883282656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-108     Document Type: Article

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