Issues in the planning and conduct of non-randomised studies

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 340-348

  Audigé, Laurent ^a,c   Hanson, Beate ^a   Kopjar, Branko ^b  

^a AO Development Institute   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c AO FOUNDATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Case series; Clinical research; Cohort study; Non randomised studies; Orthopaedics; Study designs

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33644841630     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.01.026     Document Type: Article

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