Investigating causal mechanisms in randomised controlled trials

Abstract Introduction In some randomised trials, the primary interest is in the mechanisms by which an intervention exerts its effects on health outcomes. That is, clinicians and policy-makers may be interested in how the intervention works (or why it does not work) through hypothesised causal mecha...

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Main Authors: Hopin Lee, Robert D. Herbert, Sarah E. Lamb, Anne M. Moseley, James H. McAuley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-019-3593-z