A systematic review of the effect of retention methods in population-based cohort studies.

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Published in BMC Public Health on April 19, 2011

Authors

Cara L Booker1, Seeromanie Harding, Michaela Benzeval

Author Affiliations

1: MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK. cbooker@essex.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of FICare at 18 Months | NCT03337659

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