Teleoanalysis: Combining data from different types of study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7415, 2003, Pages 616-618

  Wald, Nicholas J ^a   Morris, Joan K ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TELEOANALYSIS;

EID: 0141836148     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7415.616     Document Type: Review

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