A survey of statistics in three UK general practice journal

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Rigby, Alan S ^a   Armstrong, Gillian K ^b   Campbell, Michael J ^c   Summerton, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b Napp Pharmaceuticals Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; BIBLIOMETRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIBLIOMETRICS; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH;

EID: 14544277531     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-4-28     Document Type: Review

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