The case of the missing data

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7378, 2002, Pages 1490-1493

  Le Fanu, James ^a  

^a Mawbey Brough Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LITERATURE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037153703     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7378.1490     Document Type: Article

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