doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7455.1561.
Complex interventions: how "out of control" can a randomised controlled trial be?
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Complex interventions: how "out of control" can a randomised controlled trial be?
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Complex interventions are more than the sum of their parts, and interventions need to be better theorised to reflect this
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