Impact and costs of incentives to reduce attrition in online trials: two randomized controlled trials.

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Published in J Med Internet Res on March 02, 2011

Authors

Zarnie Khadjesari1, Elizabeth Murray, Eleftheria Kalaitzaki, Ian R White, Jim McCambridge, Simon G Thompson, Paul Wallace, Christine Godfrey

Author Affiliations

1: E-health Unit, Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom. z.khadjesari@ucl.ac.uk

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