Assessment and control of confounding in trauma research

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 807-820

  Kurth, Tobias ^a,b   Sonis, Jeffrey ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHICAGO; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 36349011993     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20298     Document Type: Conference Paper

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