Assessing intervention effects in a school-based nutrition intervention trial: Which analytic model is most powerful?

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 756-774

  Janega, Jessica B ^a   Murray, David M ^a   Varnell, Sherri P ^b   Blitstein, Jonathan L ^a   Birnbaum, Amanda S ^c   Lytle, Leslie A ^c  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN MISSION SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic methods; Group randomized trial; Power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; EATING HABIT; ENERGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUTRITION; PARAMETER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; STATISTICS;

EID: 9944239802     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198104263406     Document Type: Article

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