Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 56-65 , July 2003

Research methods: Beyond the clinical trial

Presented at the 9th International Conference on Emergency Medicine, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2002.

Received 6 August 2002 ,Revised 30 September 2002 ,Accepted 12 January 2003.

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☆ Dr. Goodacre is supported by a United Kingdom National Health Service Health Services Research Fellowship.

☆☆ Address for reprints: Steve Goodacre, FFAEM, PhD, Medical Care Research Unit, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 4DA, United Kingdom; 0114 222 0842, fax 0114 222 0749; E-mail s.goodacre@sheffield.ac.uk .

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2003.235

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 56-65 , July 2003

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