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

Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 800-804

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

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHECKLIST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; OBSERVATION; PUBLISHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349032506     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181577654     Document Type: Review

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