Bias - It's everywhere! A commentary on the impact of bias and the assessment of agreement in the measurement of medication use in epidemiology research

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 425-427

  Ungar, Wendy ^a  

^a i3 Global   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DRUG UTILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032419845     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1557(199811/12)7:6<425::AID-PDS384>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Short Survey

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