Interpretation of the literature

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 307-314

  Dolan, Mary Segars ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; PERIODICALS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0031806903     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199806000-00011     Document Type: Review

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