Beyond randomised versus observational studies

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9422, 2004, Pages 1660-1661

  Concato, John ^a   Horwitz, Ralph I ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 2442647459     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16285-5     Document Type: Note

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