Bias in cohort studies

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-135

  Davies, Huw T O ^a,b   Crombie, Lain K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034136848     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2000.61.2.1280     Document Type: Article

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