Cluster randomized trial of an active, multifaceted information dissemination intervention based on The WHO Reproductive health library to change obstetric practices: methods and design issues [ISRCTN14055385].

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Published in BMC Med Res Methodol on January 15, 2004

Authors

A Metin Gülmezoglu1, José Villar, Jeremy Grimshaw, Gilda Piaggio, Pisake Lumbiganon, Ana Langer

Author Affiliations

1: UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme on Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. gulmezoglum@who.int

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