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. 2004 Jun 26;328(7455):1561-3.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7455.1561.

Complex interventions: how "out of control" can a randomised controlled trial be?

Penelope Hawe  1 , Alan Shiell, Therese Riley
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Complex interventions: how "out of control" can a randomised controlled trial be?

Penelope Hawe et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Complex interventions are more than the sum of their parts, and interventions need to be better theorised to reflect this

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