Strategies designed to help healthcare professionals to recruit participants to research studies

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Preston, Nancy J ^a   Farquhar, Morag C ^b   Walshe, Catherine E ^a   Stevinson, Clare ^c   Ewing, Gail ^d   Calman, Lynn A ^e   Burden, Sorrel ^f   Brown Wilson, Christine ^g   Hopkinson, Jane B ^h   Todd, Chris ^f  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85063173737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000036.pub2     Document Type: Review

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