Reporting of occupational and environmental research: Use and misuse of statistical and epidemiological methods

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Rushton, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiological methods; Research reporting; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PERIODICALS;

EID: 0033627462     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.1.1     Document Type: Article

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