Critical reading of epidemiological papers: A guide

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-101

  Blettner, Maria ^a   Heuer, Casten ^b   Razum, Oliver ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Criticism; Epidemiology; Reading

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TRAINING;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ETHICS; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; READING;

EID: 0035102444     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/11.1.97     Document Type: Review

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