Framework for design and evaluation of complex interventions to improve health.

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Published in BMJ on September 16, 2000

Authors

M Campbell1, R Fitzpatrick, A Haines, A L Kinmonth, P Sandercock, D Spiegelhalter, P Tyrer

Author Affiliations

1: Office of the President, Medical Research Council of Canada, 1600 Scott Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1 OW9.

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