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Explanatory and pragmatic trials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2011

Corrado Barbui ,
Antonio Veronese  and
Andrea Cipriani
Corrado Barbui*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona
Antonio Veronese
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona
Andrea Cipriani
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona
*
Address for correspondence: Dr. C. Barbui, Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Piazzale L.A. Scuro, 10 - 37134 Verona, Italy. Fax: +39-045-585.871 E-mail: corrado.barbui@univr.it
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Keywords

explanatory trialspragmatic trialsefficacyeffectiveness.
Type
ABC of Methodology
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , June 2007 , pp. 124 - 125
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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