The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: Guidelines for reporting observational studies

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 867-872

  Von Elm, Erik ^a   Altman, Douglas G ^b   Egger, Matthias ^a,c   Pocock, Stuart J ^d   Gøtzsche, Peter C ^e   Vandenbrouckef, Jan P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e Nordic Cochrane Centre   (Denmark)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RESEARCH;

ACCURACY; CONSULTATION; E-MAIL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OBSERVATION;

EID: 36049035585     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.045120     Document Type: Review

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