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- 2018
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- 18
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 148-148
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Konstantina Vasileiou,
Julie Barnett,
Susan J. Thorpe
et al.
(2018).
Characterising and justifying sample size sufficiency in interview-based studies: systematic analysis of qualitative health research over a 15-year period.
BMC Medical Research Methodology
, 18
(1)
, 148-148.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0594-7
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- 10.1186/s12874-018-0594-7