Time-dependent bias was common in survival analyses published in leading clinical journals

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 672-682

  Van Walraven, Carl ^a,b,c,d   Davis, Darryl ^a   Forster, Alan J ^a,c   Wells, George A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical journals; Survival analysis; Time dependent bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE TABLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TIME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4444283796     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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