An epidemiological appraisal instrument - A tool for evaluation of epidemiological studies

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 920-960

  Genaidy, A M ^a   LeMasters, G K ^b   Lockey, J ^b   Succop, P ^b   Deddens, J ^a   Sobeih, T ^b   Dunning, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Epidemiological appraisal; Evaluation; Observational studies

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

BIOSTATISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL APPRAISAL INSTRUMENT;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERGONOMICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOMETRY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34247592936     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701237667     Document Type: Article

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