Commentary: Matched cohorts can be useful

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7385, 2003, Pages 360-

  Evans, Stephen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA BASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037442642     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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