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Published on in Vol 22, No 11 (2020): November

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/22179, first published .
Online Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Online Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Online Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Authors of this article:

Mette Brøgger-Mikkelsen1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Zarqa Ali1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   John R Zibert3 Author Orcid Image ;   Anders Daniel Andersen3 Author Orcid Image ;   Simon Francis Thomsen1, 2 Author Orcid Image
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