Critical Appraisal of the Health Research Literature: Prevalence or Incidence of a Health Problem

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 170-176

  Loney, Patricia L ^a   Chambers, Larry W ^a   Bennett, Kathryn J ^a   Roberts, Jacqueline G ^a,b   Stratford, Paul W ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical appraisal; Dementia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLISHING; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CANADA; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLISHING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0032243294     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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