Limitations of analyses of effectiveness using observational data

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1642-1643

  Reeves, Barnaby C ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELECTION BIAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745801576     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl111     Document Type: Editorial

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