Lessons in participant retention in the course of a randomized controlled clinical trial

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Idoko, Olubukola T ^a   Owolabi, Olumuyiwa A ^a   Odutola, Aderonke A ^a   Ogundare, Olatunde ^b   Worwui, Archibald ^a   Saidu, Yauba ^a   Smith Sanneh, Alison ^a   Tunkara, Abdoulie ^a   Sey, Gibbi ^a   Sanyang, Assan ^a   Mendy, Philip ^a   Ota, Martin O C ^c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INFANT; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84964313887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-706     Document Type: Article

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