How to do a simple epidemiological study. II. Practice

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-205

  Bowker, T J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiology; research methodology; survey methodology

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; STANDARDIZATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 0030582749     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(96)02801-X     Document Type: Review

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