Critical issues in longitudinal and observational studies: Purpose, short versus long term, selection of study instruments, methods, outcomes, and biases

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 469-472

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal observational studies; Osteoarthritis; Outcomes; Rheumatoid arthritis; Study requirements

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME;

EID: 0032954849     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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