Data trawling: To fish or not to fish

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9035, 1996, Pages 1152-1153

  Michels, Karin B ^a   Rosner, Bernard A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE;

EID: 0030603332     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)05418-9     Document Type: Note

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