Epidemiological methods

Studying the Organisation and Delivery of Health Services: Research Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 56-72

  Grimshaw, Jeremy ^a   Wilson, Brenda ^a   Campbell, Marion ^b   Eccles, Martin ^c   Ramsay, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85144108729     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203481981-8     Document Type: Chapter

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