Published on in Vol 20, No 11 (2018): November

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/9372, first published .
Using Facebook for Large-Scale Online Randomized Clinical Trial Recruitment: Effective Advertising Strategies

Using Facebook for Large-Scale Online Randomized Clinical Trial Recruitment: Effective Advertising Strategies

Using Facebook for Large-Scale Online Randomized Clinical Trial Recruitment: Effective Advertising Strategies

Authors of this article:

Laura Akers1 Author Orcid Image ;   Judith S Gordon2 Author Orcid Image

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