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. 2012 Sep 12;2012(9):CD005014. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005014.pub3

Lacoutre 1978.

Methods CBA (C)
 Allocation at level of towns
Participants School children aged 6‐14 years in Wilmington (intervention) and Scituate (control), Massachusetts
Interventions I = community poison prevention education programme, directed at school children 
 C = no community poison prevention education programme
Outcomes Period over which outcomes measured not reported.
Possession of ipecac ‐ reports change in percentage of families having ipecac but does not report baseline prevalence. Significantly more intervention group families had ipecac than control group families, P < 0.05.
Notes Blinding ‐ n
 Outcomes 80% ‐ u
 Balance ‐ y
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not applicable ‐ non‐randomised study