Risk of bias in randomised controlled trials of health behaviour change interventions: Evidence, practices and challenges

Psychology and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-7

  de Bruin, Marijn ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK;

EID: 84918552322     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2014.960653     Document Type: Editorial

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