Survival-related biases survive well [3]

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 244-246

  Saracci, Rodolfo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE REGISTRY; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERTUSSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 34447322807     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl263     Document Type: Letter

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