Getting causal considerations back on the right track

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Höfler, Michael ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EID: 33748344524     PISSN: 17427622     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-3-8     Document Type: Review

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