Developing and Evaluating Complex Interventions: the New Medical Research Council Guidance

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2008 Oct 1

PMID 18824488

Citations 4362

Authors

Peter Craig

Paul Dieppe

Sally Macintyre

Susan Michie

Irwin Nazareth

Mark Petticrew

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